Magpie Cafe, Whitby fish dish of the week: smoked salmon soufflé
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Ingredients – serves 6
75g butter
100g plain flour
560ml full fat milk
4 egg yolks
4 eggs whites
150g Emmental cheese
50g Parmesan cheese
300g smoked salmon
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Pinch of nutmeg
Salt and pepper
200ml crème fraiche
1 tablespoon heather honey
1 tablespoon chopped dill
Method
Mix the crème fraiche, honey and dill together and set aside.
Melt the butter in a pan and add the flour. Mix to a paste and continue to cook until it takes on a sandy texture.
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Continue this until all the milk has been used.
Remove the pan from the heat and beat in the egg yolks and cheese, season with a pinch of cayenne, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Roughly chop 200g of the smoked salmon and mix in. Set aside.
Reserve the other 100g smoked salmon for serving.
Whisk the egg whites until firm.
Prepare the ramekin dishes by brushing the inside with melted butter.
Pour out any excess and then add a little plain flour.
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Hide AdShake the flour around the mould to completely coat the inside of it, shaking off any excess.
Fold a third of the egg whites into the salmon mix to loosen the mixture, and then carefully fold in the remainder of the egg white until evenly mixed.
Pour into the moulds about two-thirds full.
Place the moulds into a bain-marie (water bath) and carefully place in a preheated over (200C/Gas 6) for 25 minutes until risen and browned.
Remove from the oven, place onto plates and serve immediately with the remainder of the smoked salmon and salad leaves dressed with honey and dill crème fraiche.