Twice Baked Cheese Souffles

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 300 ml milk
• 1/2 onion, studded with
• 1 clove
• 1 bay leaf
• 40 g butter
• 40 g flour
• 150 g cheddar cheese (any strong cheese) or 150 g stilton cheese (any strong cheese)
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 3 eggs, separated
• 200 ml cream

Recipe

• 1 bring milk,bay leaf and onion to the boil. turn off heat and allow to infuse.
• 2 preheat oven to 200c 180 fan gas mark 6.
• 3 melt butter, add flour and cook for 1 minute to make a roux.
• 4 add strained milk gradually stirring well. return to the heat adding 125 gm cheese and mustard and bring to the boil stirring all the time.
• 5 season well.
• 6 beat in egg yolks.
• 7 whisk whites till stiff and fold into cheese sauce.
• 8 spoon into 6 ramekins.
• 9 stand in a baking tin half filled with boiling water and cook in the oven till risen and set - 20 minutes.
• 10 leave to get cold.
• 11 turn each souffle out onto an oven proof dish, pour over some of the cream, sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake for 15 mins at 220c ( 200 fan oven).
• 12 serve immediately.