Easy Pattypan Mini Souffle

Pattypan are less known cousins to pumpkins. They look funny, can grow up to a moderate size, and taste very delicate and slightly sweet when young and small.

Here is a soufflé recipe that is quite simple. In particular it does not involve separating egg yolks from white and beating the latter.

Step 1: Gather Ingredients

For two small pattypans:

• 1 egg
• 100g cheese (Gruyere, Tilsit, Jura)
• 1 dl cream
• pepper

You will also need some wax paper.

This recipe is only about the pattypans, so you should additionally plan the other parts of your meal.

Comments

[tmenig]

Why is the wax paper neccesary?

[laxap]

The soufflé will raise better and more evenly. Wax paper is then easy to remove.

If you use beaten egg whites, it could grow much higher than on the photo. With the paper you'd get a nice cylinder.

[shesparticular]

Really cute idea! I only ever seem to find the tiny tiny pattypans - I wonder if this would be do-able with those as well?

[laxap]

The shown mini pattypans are from our garden.

I've only seen the micro ones as preserves in oil, stuffed with goat cheese or philadelphia-like cream cheese. I just love them too. But I think the size would make them very critical to host a soufflé, as well as to get baked properly.

[jessyratfink]

Adorable! Looks really easy too. :)

[laxap]

Thank you!