Do Ahead Swiss Cheese Souffles

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 cups swiss cheese, shredded
• 6 eggs, separated

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and blend in flour, salt, & pepper.
• 2 add milk stirring constantly (medium-high heat) until the mixture and thickens.
• 3 remove from heat and stir in the cheese until melted.
• 4 in a bowl beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• 5 in another bowl beat egg yolks until thickened and lemon colored (about 5 minutes).
• 6 stir cheese mixture slowly into the egg yolks.
• 7 gradually pour yolk mixture over the stiff egg whites and gently fold together.
• 8 pour mixture into ten custard cups or souffle cups (i use the large muffin tins) cover the souffles with tin foil.
• 9 if using individual cups place all of them in one or two baking pans and place in your freezer.
• 10 freeze souffles until 1 1/4 hours before serving time.
• 11 before removing souffles from freezer preheat oven to 300 degrees f.
• 12 remove souffles from freezer and pour very hot water into the baking pan around the souffles to about 1/2" deep.
• 13 bake the frozen souffles 1 hour 15 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 14 remove and serve immediately.