So when I was little, I specifically remember watching some french cartoon, like Madeline or Babar and one character tried to make a souffle. It came out perfectly, but then someone sneezed and it instantly deflated, just like that. Ever since then, I swore off making this difficult recipe, convinced that I would ruin it. Well of course this project has made me test my boundaries for sanity, so, to go out with a bang, I scheduled to make a non-traditional VANILLA souffle for my last dessert.
Copied from Wikipedia....
A soufflé (French: [su.fle]) is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert.Every soufflé is made from two basic components:
- a French crème pâtissière base/flavoured cream sauce or purée
- egg whites beaten to a soft peak meringue
A souffle is usually chocolate and just conjures up french lusty dreams, but when I came across this unusual vanilla souffle, it was so out of the box I just HAD to try it.
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| A traditional souffle, mine wasn't as puffy :( |
Now this recipe was from the Teens Cook Dessert, so obviously it is watered down to basics. But it did require me to make a water bath. WHAAAAA???!?!?! Yeah. That was my reaction until I realized how easy and effective it was. This is just one example of how this project has broadened my personal skill set and also opened my eyes to have more respect for pastry chefs.
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| Adding in the water!! |
Everyone loved it, it was light and the dark chocolate sauce added the perfect amount of savory-ness (is that a word?) and bitterness to balance it out. Awesome way to go out with a bang and an awesome crowd pleaser. A definite must in my recipe book.
Until next ti-....AHH i guess not, guys its my last dessert post :( So keep on showing off those sweet teeth and NEVER forget to ask "What's for dessert?"
Recipe from page 132 in Teens Cook Dessert
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