If you are looking for something special and sweet to make your mom for Mother's Day, have I got a dish for you. After taking a few months away from Food52's weekly recipe contests, I decided to hop back in this week and crafted this dish to enter into their contest for "your best mangoes". To be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of mangoes, I mean I love their flavor but find that carving around the monster pit in their center to be a bit of a pain. Plus, it seems that there is so much waste once the fruit has been peeled and the pit removed. Anyway, for the two that I carved up for this dish I was very patient, extracting all of the goodness from them I could and I have to say that in the end my efforts paid off in a BIG way.
An ethereally light souffl is a dessert that screams special occasion, but is really so simple to make that you shouldn't feel you need to wait for Mother's day to crank some out. The mystique surrounding them is legendary, and many refuse to make them for fear that one wrong move will result in a fallen mass burning on the floor of your oven. Fear not, souffls are much more resilient than people give them credit for and don't require a whole lot of special attention (like tip-toeing around the stove or speaking in whispers while it bakes) in order to guarantee success.
As long as you've properly whipped your egg whites, and gently folded them into your souffl base, they WILL rise beautifully in the oven and won't deflate until they have cooled considerably after cooking. That means you have many minutes, not seconds after they leave the oven to get them on a plate, dust them with some confectioner's sugar and present them to your cheering audience at the table.
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Light and fluffy, this no-bake mango souffl is a delightful dessert. It is so feathery light that as soon as you put it in your mouth, it almost immediately disappears.
Really! I am not joking. You have to try it. This recipe is super easy. The base for the souffl is mango pulp and milk cream beaten with egg yolks. The fluffiness comes from perfectly beaten egg whites. I give my souffl an Indian twist by adding some green cardamom powder. With pistachios and rose petals as garnishing, it looks like a royal dessert!
This is a no-bake souffl recipe. I sometimes get asked if it is safe to egg whites raw. Well, for one, it totally is and two, in this recipe, the egg whites are beaten until they form stiff peaks, which actually kind of cooks them.
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Thank you for visiting and sharing your thoughts here. A Franco-Indian cultural centre in a Shekhawat haveli! wow.. How was your month in Rajasthan? Did you enjoy our food? It can be a bit spicy at times but Rajasthani cuisine is one of the most diverse Indian cuisines.
I use dahi as a substitute for cream a lot of times.. and hung curd (same as strained) makes for great cheese cake and cheese dips too!
sorry for the late response. Yes it is safe to eat raw egg white. When you beat it very well such that it forms peaks, it gets cooked. The same technique is used is meringue recipe too and other desserts as well.
You can use agar-agar (or vegetarian gelatin) for setting the souffl. I also use chia seeds for setting pudding. You can try tis mango and chia seeds pudding recipe too if you are looking for a veg mango pudding.
Peel the mango and remove the stone. Cut the mango into tiny little cubes. This might not be quite easy, as the mango is a bit slippery! In a table top mixer beat the cream cheese, 2 tablespoons sugar, the vanilla and the egg yolks until creamy. Whisk the egg whites and 1 tablespoon sugar until stiff. Gently fold the egg whites into the cream cheese-egg-mixture until well combined. Add the mango cubes and gently fold them in. Divide the mixture among the souffl dishes and place them in a large ovenproof dish. They should not touch each other. Bring some water to the boil and pour the boiling water between the souffl dishes into the ovenproof dish. Be careful not to wet the souffls! Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes.
In the meantime, peel the second mango and remove the stone. Cut into smaller chunks and squash them with a fork. You can also use a blender, but pure it only a bit. The sauce should still be chunky. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and some sugar, according to your taste.
As soon as the souffls have risen and have a golden brown color on top, take them out of the oven, put a teaspoonful of mango sauce on top and serve immediately. If you wait too long before serving them, your souffls might lose some of their height and fluffiness but none of their taste!
Now, this is a dessert that needs to be consumed immediately out of the oven! The longer you wait, the more the high top of that souffle will fall. So be quick! I like to drizzle on more mango puree onto my souffle, but a scoop of ice cream also works really well!
Please do not shy away from the souffle.Anyone can make it! This is a simple and light dessert that will please anyguest. This souffle bakes well in your everyday skillet pan. Perfect for any holiday or celebratory meal.
Preheat an oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare your skillet by brushing the room temp butter all over the inside surface and sides of the pan. Then, coat with sugar. Move the pan in a circle motion to cover the butter surface with sugar. Set aside for souffle batter.
In a small pot, combine mango puree and flour. Whisk until there are no lumps. Then turn heat on to medium. Whisking constantly, cook mixture until entire mixture is boiling. Remove from heat. Whisk in egg yolks and crme fraiche to combine. Transfer mango base into a larger bowl.
Make your cold meringue by placing egg whites into bowl of electric mixer with the whisk attachment. Add in crme of tartar and salt. Whisk on medium speed until frothy. Slowly rain in sugar. Whisk on medium high speed until meringue is at medium soft peak.
It is important to note that the souffl needs to set in the fridge and not the freezer. Secondly, you can keep some cream apart for decorating the souffl. You might also like to set the souffl in smaller pudding bowls and garnish them with fresh mango cubes and cream. Do share your views on this recipe and let us know if you can think of any interesting twists.
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Pre-heat the oven to 190C. Melt the butter in a small pot and butter the souffl moulds with upward brush strokes, making sure they are well coated. Upward brush strokes, help the souffl to rise. Sprinkle the bottom and the sides with castor sugar, tipping out any excess into the next souffl mould. Place the dishes onto a baking sheet; do not touch the insides.
Select ripe, flavoursome mangoes. Peel and slice them, discarding the pips; put the pulp into the food processor, add the lemon juice and pure. Taste for sweetness and add up to the cup of sugar and process again.
Fold the egg whites into the mango mixture, a third at a time, very gently so you do not deflate the whites. Once the mixture is well incorporated, spoon the mixture into the souffl moulds. Fill to the top and smooth the surface with the palette knife. Clean the side and top edge of the souffl pot so they rise evenly and the pots are clean when cooked.
Bake twelve minutes for larger moulds and about 9 minutes for smaller ones. When they are ready, golden and well risen, turn off the oven and leave them in the oven for a few minutes as they continue to rise.
Avocados or butter fruit as they are also known, are one of my favourite fruits. And whenever I see one I remember my late mum-in-law Mercy Isaac (Pichamuthu). And have a good laugh over the story she told me. She was a force to reckon with. Have no idea how she managed to nurture eleven children, feed them, clothe them and give them the attention they each required, and also do her numerous good deeds and social work, when I had to juggle my time between two girls. She was always ready to help people and was a very good conversationalist. And was a wizard at cooking. She had a huge compound in which there were numerous avocado trees and apparently none of her family liked them, so the boys used the fruit for target practice. I love them and Nehru watched in horror as I devoured them in soups, sauces, dips, salads, cakes, smoothies, shakes, puddings and much more. One day I decided to trick him and served him a delicious pudding with pieces of mango in it. After he ate it with enjoyment, I told him it was his favourite bte noire.
The Recipe:
2 cups low fat milk; 2 ripe avocados, scoop out the flesh and blend till smooth; 1 ripe mango, skinned & cubed; 3 tsp gelatine dissolved in cup hot milk; sugar to taste.
Add the sugar to the milk and stir till dissolved. Add the blended avocado, and gelatine and beat till smooth and creamy with an electric beater. Transfer to serving dish and gently add the cubed mangoes, reserving some for decoration. Set in refrigerator. Decorate with reserved mango before serving.