Souffle: Hot Lemon Souffle
Source of Recipe
justmecookin.com
List of Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 lemons peels grated
1 egg white
powdered sugar for sprinkling
4 eggs separatedRecipe
Butter a 1 1/2 quart souffle dish sprinkle with granulated sugar. In a heavy sauce pan heat the butter with 1/3 cup of sugar and lemon juice until the butter and sugar are melted.
Take from the heat and beat in the 4 egg yolks one by one. add the lemon rind. Heat very gently, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens to a consistency of heavy cream. Keep the mixture covered at room temperature, it can be prepared 3-4 hours in advance at this point.
Twenty minutes before serving, set the oven at 425 degrees. Quickly whip egg whites add the remaining 1/3 cup of sugar and beat until sugar is dissolved and mixture is glossy.
Gently heat lemon mixture until hot to the touch stir a 1/4 of the egg whites into the lemon mixture to lighten then fold in the remaining egg whites. Pour into the soufflÈ dish and bake at once for 12-15 minutes. Until puffed and brown, Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve at once.
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