Spinach Cloud

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter or margarine
3 tablespoons	45ml	Flour
1 cup	237ml	Milk
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Ground nutmeg
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Muenster cheese - shredded
1		Frozen chopped spinach - thawed & squeeze dry
3		Eggs - separated

Recipe Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease and lightly flour a 6 cup souffle (round high sided baking) dish. In medium saucepot over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and cook 2 to minutes, stirring frequently, with small whisk.

Gradually add milk, whisking until smooth. stir in salt and nutmeg . Cook, stirring frequently 3 minutes, until thickened and bubbling. Stir in cheese and cook 1 minute, until melted (mixture will be quite thick). Add spinach to cheese sauce.

Place egg yolks in small bowl. stir a few tablespoons of hot cheese sauce mixture into egg yolks; then egg yolks back to saucepan. Cook 1 minute, stirring. transfer to large bowl.

In medium bowl with electric mixer on medium, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Increase speed to high and continue beating until whites are stiff.

Fold egg whites into spinach mixture with rubber spatula. Do not over mix. Pour mixture into prepared dish. Bake 40 minutes, until browned and puffed. The souffle will fall soon after you remove it from the oven.

Source:
Parents magazine 5/97

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