What's For Dinner?

Last night I went all out and prepared a proper dinner (as opposed to something thrown together in 10 minutes... or no dinner at all). I put together some mashed potatoes, grilled chicken strips (*licks lips*) and a carrot souffle.

The latter was an experiment I'd been meaning to try for a while after spotting the recipe on a Somerfield magazine last year.

It was fun to make, trying out something that was so completely new to me... and not really knowing how it was meant to turn out... In the end, it worked and went down a treat!

So here's the recipe:



Carrot Soufflé

(This fills two regular sized ramekins)

Ingredients:
400g carrots
75g Philadelphia soft cheese
5ml root ginger, grated (optional)
2 eggs
butter for greasing

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F. Peel and chop carrots. Place in a pan. Cover with water, boil until soft. Drain.

2. Place carrots in a food processor bowl. Add the cheese and ginger, if using. Blend until smooth.

3. Separate the eggs. Add yolks to the carrot mix and put the whites in a large bowl. Whisk whites until stiff. Blend the carrot mix and yolks together. Spoon into the whisked egg whites and fold in.

4. Grease the ramekins, and spoon in the mix. Bake for about 25 minutes until risen and set.


And before I go, Happy Maltese Independence Day to all fellow Maltesers out there! :)

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