Tuna souffle is a light baked cake made with tuna, egg white and egg yolk fused with some other ingredients. Tuna and eggs are the main ingredient to make perfect souffle. Souffle is a French word that means to puff up. Tuna souffle is delicious and is apt to serve as snacks. It can also be part of a multi-course meal. If you have never tried this dish, you can go for the following recipe to prepare a perfect tuna souffle that will leave your guests and family members craving for more.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 75 minutes
Resources Required:
- An oven
- A souffle dish or large Corningware casserole
- Half cup margarine
- A quarter cup flour
- Half teaspoon salt
- Five egg yolks
- One cup tuna
- Half cup parsley
- One cup mushrooms
- Six egg whites
- One cup milk
- Two teaspoons minced onions
- Half cup Swiss cheese
Instructions:
1. Add flour and salt to margarine
Take a pan, heat it and add half cup of margarine in it. Add a quarter cup of flour and a half tablespoon salt in the margarine. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon till it is done. Remove the pan from heat.
2. Add milk
Slowly and gradually add milk in the mixture till it turns into a thin liquid. When you are adding milk, stir continuously to avoid clumping of mixture as lumps in the liquid.
3. Heat the mixture
Now, when the liquid is smooth and silky put the pan back on moderate flame. Constantly keep stirring the mixture in the pan. Cook it till the liquid becomes thick and starts boiling. Now, you can remove the mixture from heat.
4. Adding other ingredients
Mince the onions finely, grate the Swiss cheese and add them both to the hot sauce in the pan. Whip an egg yolk in a bowl, do the same with the remaining five yolks one by one. Now, mix the whisked yolk stirring in the pan. Measure one cup of tuna which is drained and flaked and add it to the pan. Chop one cup of mushroom and broil it. After broiling, put it in the pan. Mince parsley leaves and add them too to the mixture in the pan. Now, leave the mixture to cool for 10 minutes. Carefully, take out six egg whites and whisk them properly in a bowl. Next, fold the egg white into tuna mixture in the pan.
5. Preheat the oven and bake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Take a souffle dish or large Corningware casserole and put the tuna mixture to it. Now, bake it for 40 to 50 minutes till the top layer appears golden brown. Now, put a knife inside the souffle to check that the baking is done.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Is it okay to substitute some ingredients if I do not have the basic ones?
Flour, tuna and eggs are the main ingredients you can experiment with others.
Quick Tips:
- Do not grease the souffle dish or Corningware casserole that you use for baking.
- Level the mixture in the dish before you put it in the oven.
Things To Watch Out For:
- Continuously stir while mixing milk to the flour to avoid clumping. Since the milk is normal and the flour is hot so there is possibility of the flour to clump when you pour milk to it.
- The tuna souffle when taken out of the oven is fluffy. However, it falls after 5 to 10 minutes when cooled.
