Amaretto Souffle

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup superfine sugar
• 6 amaretto cookies or 6 almond cookies, coarsely chopped
• 6 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
• 4 eggs, separated, plus
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 pinch cream of tartar (if needed)
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400. butter a 6 cup souffle dish and sprinkle with a little of the superfine sugar.
• 2 put the cookies in a bowl. sprinkle them with 2 tbsp of the amaretto liqueur, and set aside.
• 3 in another bowl, mix together the 4 egg yolks, 2 tbsp sugar and the flour.
• 4 heat the milk just to a boil in a heavy saucepan. gradually add the hot milk to the egg mixture, stirring.
• 5 pour the mixture back into the pan. set over low heat and simmer gently for 3-4 minutes, or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
• 6 add the remaining amaretto liqueur. remove from heat.
• 7 in an extremely clean, grease-free bowl, whisk the 5 egg whites until they hold soft peaks (if not using a copper bowl, add the cream of tartar as soon as the whites are frothy). add the remaining sugar and continue whisking until stiff.
• 8 add about one quarter of the whites to the liqueur mixture and stir in with a rubber spatula. add the remaining whites and fold in gently.
• 9 spoon half the mixture into the prepared souffle dish. cover with a layer of the moistened cookies, then spoon the reaming souffle mixture on top.
• 10 bake for 20 minutes or until the souffle is risen and lightly browned. sprinkle with sifted confectioners' sugar and serve immediately.