Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Seafood Souffle

Category: Eggs

· Butter or cooking spray

· Fine dry bread crumbs, cornmeal or grated Parmesan cheese

· 1/3 cup butter

· 1/3 cup all−purpose flour

· 1 teaspoon dry mustard

· 3/4 teaspoon salt, optional

· 1 1/2 cups non−fat or low−fat (1%) milk

· 6 eggs, separated

· 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

· 1 can (4.25 oz.) tiny shrimp, well drained or 1 package (4 oz.) tiny

frozen cooked shrimp, thawed and well drained

· 1 can (6.5 oz.) chopped or minced clams, well drained or 6 to 7 oz.

chopped cooked and well drained fresh clams

· 1/2 cup chopped green onions with tops

· 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Butter bottom and sides of 2− to 2 1/2−quart souffle dish or straight−sided

casserole. Dust with crumbs. Make 4−inch wide band of triple−thickness

aluminum foil long enough to go around dish and overlap 2 inches. Lightly

butter 1 side of band and dust with crumbs. Wrap around outside of dish,

dusted side in, and fasten with tape, paper clips or string. Collar should

stand at least 2 inches above rim of dish. Set aside.

In medium saucepan over medium−high heat, melt butter. Stir in flour,

mustard and salt, if desired. Cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and

bubbly. Stir in milk all at once. Cook and stir until mixture boils and is

smooth and thickened. Set aside.

In large mixing bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar at high speed

until stiff but not dry, just until whites no longer slip when bowl is tilted. Stir

egg yolks into reserved sauce until thoroughly blended. Stir in shrimp,

clams, onions and juice. Gently, but thoroughly, fold yolk mixture into

whites. Carefully pour into prepared dish.

For a “top hat”, hold spoon upright and circle mixture to make ring about 1

inch from side of dish and 1 inch deep. Bake in preheated 350° F oven

until puffy, delicately browned and souffle shakes slightly when oven rack

is moved gently back and forth, about 50 to 60 minutes. Quickly, but

gently, remove collar. Serve immediately.