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Okay, if you are like me, you’ll hear the word “soufflé” and think, “too much work, too hard.”
Let me assure you that not only is this carrot soufflé as easy as they come, it’s gobsmacking good! This soufflé isn’t nearly as touchy as a traditional soufflé. In fact it’s hard to mess up. It barely puffs up, which means it doesn’t deflate that much either.
My father made a half batch a couple weeks ago and the three of us devoured it within minutes. He then made a full batch a few days ago, left for an hour and returned to find a third of it gone (that would be my doing).
“Hey, you know it serves eight!” Uh huh. Or just the three of us. The rest was gone by the end of the day.
Dad found the recipe in a recent issue of House Beautiful. The recipe credit goes to Sam Beall, author of The Blackberry Farm Cookbook: Four Seasons of Great Food and the Good Life.
Other than its impossible-to-screw-up-ness and over-the-top deliciousness, I also love how easily this recipe lends itself to adaptations.
Try experimenting with the seasonings, such as some ginger, ground or fresh minced, some thyme, maybe a little orange zest, or a pinch of coriander. You might also try substituting all or some of the carrots with parsnips.
I want to make a parsnip version of it (maybe with a bit of horseradish and parsley). Or one could dress it up further with a touch of ginger or thyme.
Just remember the better the inputs, the better the results!
Carrot Soufflé Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs carrots, peeled, sliced into 1/2-inch rounds
- Salt for salting cooking water
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup Saltine cracker crumbs
- 3/4 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/3 cup minced onion
- 1 Tbsp room temperature unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 large eggs
Method
1 Preheat oven and prepare baking dish: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 2-quart baking dish and set aside.
2 Cook and purée carrots: Place carrots in a saucepan and cover with an inch of water. Add about 1 teaspoon of salt to the water. Bring to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes, or until the carrots are tender. Strain the carrots and purée in a food processor or with an immersion blender.
3 Make carrot purée base: Place carrot purée in a large bowl. Slowly add in the milk, a little at a time, whisking after each addition so that the mixture stays smooth, not lumpy. Mix in the saltine cracker crumbs, the grated cheese, onion, butter, Kosher salt, cayenne, and black pepper.
4 Whip eggs and combine with carrot pureé: In a separate bowl, whip up the eggs until frothy. Then whisk them into the carrot purée mixture.
5 Bake: Transfer the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes, until puffed up a bit and lightly golden.
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Adapted from Sam Beall's The Blackberry Farm Cookbook: Four Seasons of Great Food and the Good Life.
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Carrot Soufflé
Really delicious. I made this a few years ago and I’m preparing to make it again. I do wish this site had a serving size editor function though. I hate doing math lol
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Can this be made ahead??
This dish is best cooked and eaten on the same day, but you can do some steps ahead of time. Make the recipe up to Step three. Store it in the fridge until you need it. Then continue through Steps 4 and 5 on the day you plan to serve it.
I am on WW. Can I substitute a lower fat milk or will it impact the texture too much?
Hi, Sara! It’s Summer, I’m an editor here at Simply Recipes. We didn’t test it using a lower fat milk, so I can’t say how the dish would be impacted. If you want to try it, using a lower fat dairy I would suggest starting with 2% rather than dropping down to skim. If you try it, let us know how it turns out.
Awesome thank you!
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Wow! Delish..added oj, cumin, turmeric and fresh apple cider at the end when it needed more liquid. Yum
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