Soufflé de Maïs à la Crème (Sweetcorn Soufflé with Cream)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- maïs (sweetcorn)
- a small piece of butter
- fresh cream
- 3 egg yolks
- 4 egg whites
Instructions
- Cook the maïs in water or in steam.
- Pass it rapidly through a sieve.
- Put the purée in a saucepan with a small piece of butter and dry it out briskly.
- Add enough fresh cream to the purée to make it a soft paste.
- Bind the paste with 3 egg yolks per 500 grammes of purée.
- Incorporate 4 egg whites whipped very firm.
- Cook like an ordinary soufflé.