Green-Chile Cheese Puff

Recipe Ingredients

4		Fresh polbano chiles - (abt 3/4 lb)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Unsalted butter
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	All-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Salt - or to taste
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
6 teaspoons	30ml	Eggs (large)
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Cottage cheese
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Freshly-grated Monterey Jack - (abt 2 cups
		Fresh tomato salsa - as an accompaniment

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and oil a 9-inch glass pie plate.

Roast and peel poblanos. Wearing protective gloves, cut chiles into 1/2-inch dice. Melt butter.

Into a small bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat eggs until doubled in volume, about 3 minutes. Add butter, flour mixture, and cheeses and beat well. Stir in chiles and pour mixture into pie plate.

Bake custard in middle of oven until top is puffed and golden brown and a tester comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

Serve cheese puff immediately (it will fall slightly) with salsa.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - (Show # CL-9675) - from the TV FOOD - NETWORK

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