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Monday, December 6, 2010

Orange and Lemongrass Souffle

Orange and Lemongrass Souffle


Yeah, finally I gotten the ramekins that I am looking to buy for long long time. Maybe some of you will wonder why so difficult for me to buy the ramekins, this is because where i living now is only a small town, and i can only get those basic baking tools and equipments.


Orange and Lemongrass Souffle


When I first see Shirley (kokken69) tried Ellie (Almost Bourdain) 's Lemon, lime , orange souffle, i immediately bookmarked this recipe. And Shirley 's blue ramekins look just gorgeous! But I'm happy to get this ordinary white ramekin for time being. If I visit to SG next time, I must get some of these blue ramekins.

Anyway, I scaled down the original recipe to 1/4 only for a trial. I also twist a bit of the original recipe, as I wanted to try adding lemongrass into baking after i tasted Swee San's special dessert in our recent blogger meet up (she added leomgrass), the lemongrass aroma in her dessert is unforgettable.

Orange and Lemongrass Souffle


This is my 1st time tasted souffle, the texture is similar like Chinese's Tau Foo Wah, quite good. The lemongrass aroma was wonderful and unforgetable.

Orange and Lemongrass Souffle
*make 4 x 3” round ramekin, and 2x 2.5” round ramekin
(source: original recipe from Almost Bourdain, with minor changes)


Fruit mixture
115ml orange juice
1 stalk lemongrass, white part only
25g caster sugar
1tsp corn flour
1tsp water

Egg white mixture
3 egg white (medium), room temperature
Pinch of salt
25g sugar

15g butter, softened
20g caster sugar

Icing sugar, for dusting

Method
1. Blend lemongrass together with orange juice, and strained. Add little bit of lemongrass into orange juice, set aside.
2. Place orange lemongrass puree and sugar in a saucepan over medium flame, stir till sugar dissolve and bring to boil.
3. Mix corn flour with water, reduce heat to low flame, slowly whisk the corn flour paste into fruit puree a little at a time. Continue whisk till puree turn thicken and do not allow mixture to boil again.
4. Remove from heat and set aside till cool completely.
5. Brush the base of ramekin with the butter, then, using upward strokes and brush the sides. Chill in the fridge until set, and then repeat for one more time and chill.
6. Beat egg white with salt to foamy, slowly add in sugar and beat till soft peak.
7. Place the cooked fruit puree in a large bowl, lightly whisk till smooth. Add little of the egg white mixture and whisk to mix well. Gently fold in the remaining egg white mixture.
8. Pre-heated the oven at 180c/350F.
9. Bring out the ramekins from fridge, sprinkle caster sugar to coat the base and sides of ramekins.
10. Use a small spatula, to spread the soufflé mixture around the sides while holding the ramekin at 45-degree angle. Fill the middle and smooth the top.
11. Bake for 12-14mins or until golden and well risen.
12. Dusted with icing sugar and serve immediately.


** Drop me an email if you would like to know where to get this ramekin. Thanks to Swee San for direct me to this shop.



Orange and Lemongrass Souffle



Happy Baking !!

47 comments:

  1. Oh wow! These are nicely puffed up! Great flavour!

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  2. Hi Sonia, you reminded me of the ramekins I bought and never used! haha. I should make some souffles too.
    Do we fold in the fruit puree into the egg whites??

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  3. i should have buy remekins for u on my last visit :) I love souffles too. It is best served hot straight fr oven.

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  4. Tracie, Thanks for go thru the recipe, I forgot to add the fold egg white step, just amend.

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  5. 还这个看起来好像很难弄,我来用眼睛吃你的:)

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  6. Wow!! I love the combination of flavours... Souffle looks great :-)

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  7. Beautifully made souffles they look perfect and so eyecatching.

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  8. Wow! Your souffle looks so tempting. I always want to bake this dessert but haven't tried yet.

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  9. They look great...They puffed up perfectly! I've never had lemongrass in a sweet...I will have to try it.

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  10. Hi,
    Its look so yummy!

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  11. Hey, so happy U finally got Ur ramekins ya! :D

    Those souffles popped up so perfectly! Loved it ;)

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  12. Orange and lemongrass, such an unusual flavor! Personally not too much of a fan of soufflé, so have not attempt it myself up till now. But your definitely turned out very nice. :)

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  13. oh !! u got it!! yay!! you got them in different sizes ? Wow, now I must quickly post up the cake recipe with lemongrass. Everyone seems to remember the lemongrass cream ;)
    good job with the souffle

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  14. WOW! Looks so lovely. I must bookmark this. Thanks Sonia :)

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  15. gorgeous Sonia! I have yet to make this after seeing Ellie's and Shirleys. n now u! :))

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  16. Perfectly baked souffle Sonia, looks wonderful!

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  17. totally agree with u that the lemongrass cake was unforgettable. Just saw ur comment on Swee San's that you got your ramekins.

    Actually hoh, Daiso has ramekins too. In a few colours if you can find them. Some are even cup shaped, Swee San bought those cup cakes shaped ones that last time we went to Daiso together.
    So far I've got clay colour, blue and pink ones from Daiso, besides the regular white ones. Hope that when u make your next trip to the Curve/Sg Wang/One-U or IOI Mall, hop over to Daiso and get some coloured ramekins, no need to go so far la. And for white ones hoh, I've seen in Mercato (Pavillion), they are pretty cheap. But I dunno how much u got these for. But no harm if u ever pop by that place, just go in and have a look.

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  18. lovely one.First time in your space.Very nice blog.would love to follow you.

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  19. sonia, this is really beautiful..i probably might love eating this. thanks for the sharing the recipe.

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  20. We are crazy over souffle so whenever we are in Singapore we will have our souffle in Singapore Hilton which is AWESOME! Yours looks more fluffy than theirs! I am not kidding! BRAVO! I have save this recipe and since I already have the ramekins, I must try making it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  21. wow this looks amazing first class, so proud of you Rebecca

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  22. Wendy, these ramekins are abt RM3..

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  23. Adorable! Your minature souffles sound heavenly, especially with the lemongrass. What a great idea! =)

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  24. Woo hoo...a perfectly risen souffle is a successful souffle!

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  25. Ohh wow!!!! I am speechless these are gorgeous!!!... They look perfect!! sooo lemony!

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  26. oh wow, I like the lemongrass flavour here! Nice combo!

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  27. I love the flavours! Your souffle looks so soft and fluffy. great work. Thanks for the shout out.

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  28. Those souffles look amazing! They rose beautifully! I can't wait to try making them!

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  29. looks so delicious, wish I can have some now!

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  30. Very nice souffle you've got there! Orange and lemon grass should be very nice aroma! Great combo! I never think about it before, thanks for sharing!

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  31. i have been dreaming of trying out souffle recipes and yours really looks GREAT!I've also been looking out for cheap ramekins for years, white ones ie and to hear that there are coloured ones too???!!! I live in Melaka. Where can i find them, what sizes and how much? Would appreciate info from anyone. Thanks in advance!

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  32. Sonia,

    I also bought my ramekins from Daiso, safe for oven, I bought white & pink (round ramekins) and few red (heart shape ramekins).

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  33. yum yum.. can i have one :D it looks so nice~

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  34. Very nice looking soufle...I went to Daiso just now and saw the ramekins too, in pastel colours, very pretty!

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  35. I bought only 2 ramekins for sometimes, thinking to try it one day, but haven't got chance to use it yet. Your souffles are great, so light and delicious!

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  36. oh my god this looks so yummy, soft and creamy

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  37. that is some awesome dessert!! Looks really good - thanks for sharing love!


    have a lovely day!
    jen @ www.passion4food.ca

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  38. Orange and lemongrass! What a unique combo and your souffles are so puffy and so tempting!

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  39. Wow! your souffle looks super fluffy! I love it! will bookmark this recipe.

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  40. your souffle look so pretty and fluffy!! hiya..me so malu lor,have so many ramekin but never try to make souffle...hmmmm...must make some soon!!

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  41. Hi Sonia, It's really so creative of you to combine the two flavours together. Reading the post title alone makes me drooling. Yumm !

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  42. oh wow!! First try! Looks fantastic! Makes me feel so inspired. Bookmarked already!!

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