Cheddar-Garlic Portabella Soufflés

Name: Cheddar-Garlic Portabella Soufflés
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps fine dried breadcrumbs; 3 Tbsps About butter or margarine; 4 larges eggs, separated; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh chives; 2 Tbsps minced garlic; 177 milliliters low-fat milk; 0 teaspoons pepper; 4 portabella mushrooms (4- to 4 1/2-in. caps; 3/4 to 1 lb. total); 0 teaspoons salt; 142 grams 1/4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Cheddar-Garlic Portabella Soufflés a try. One serving contains 372 calories, 20g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. It works best as a main course, and is done in approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of breadcrumbs, salt, portabella mushrooms, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert.

Instructions

Rinse and drain mushrooms. Trim stems off flush with caps. Trim discolored ends from stems, then finely chop stems. Set caps, cup sides up, on a 12- by 15-inch baking sheet.

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Cut 4 sheets of foil, each 12 by 16 inches. Fold each sheet lengthwise in half, then in half again. Generously butter 1 side of each foil strip and dust with bread crumbs. Tightly wrap each foil strip, crumb side in, around a mushroom cap, overlapping ends; secure with metal paper clips.

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Aluminum Foil

In a 2- to 3-quart pan over medium heat, stir 2 tablespoons butter, garlic, and mushroom stems until stems are browned and limp, about 8 minutes.

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Add flour, salt, and pepper, and stir 1 minute more.

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Remove from heat and whisk in milk until mixture is smooth. Stir over high heat until boiling, about 1 minute.

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Remove from heat, add 1 cup cheese, and stir until melted.

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Add chives and egg yolks, and stir to blend.

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In a deep bowl with a mixer on high speed, whip egg whites until stiff, moist peaks form. Stir about 1/3 of the whites into cheese mixture, then gently fold cheese mixture into remaining whites just until blended.

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Spoon mixture equally into mushroom caps.

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Sprinkle evenly with remaining cheese.

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Bake in a 375 oven until souffles are well browned, about 30 minutes (about 25 minutes in a convection oven). Quickly remove paper clips and pull foil free, easing away with a knife tip if necessary. With a wide spatula, transfer souffls to plates.

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Servings:

3Tbsps

fine dried breadcrumbs 3Tbsps

About butter or margarine 4larges

eggs, separated 59milliliters

all-purpose flour 2Tbsps

chopped fresh chives 2Tbsps

minced garlic 177milliliters

low-fat milk 0teaspoons

pepper 4

portabella mushrooms (4- to 4 1/2-in. caps; 3/4 to 1 lb. total)0teaspoons

salt 142grams

1/4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.