Who doesn't get stuck with stale bread? We do quite often, as the bread we buy from Allegro Bakery (highly recommended!) is huge; consequently we don't always get to finish it by week's end, and who wants to eat stale bread? Well, definitely not my husband! We usually make French toast with it, but this time I wanted something different. We also had a bunch of dairy-free milk (accidentally picked up from the store) which no one liked.
This recipe was a great accidental find (the original recipe can be found here). I made slight changes to it, and both my boys devoured it. Great way to get rid of all that stale bread and unwanted milk. I served it with some very simple but delicious Romanian-style green beans with garlic, but I think it would go wonderfully (possibly better) accompanied by a fresh veggie salad. I apologise for the state of the pictured souffle, but I was really hungry and forgot to take a pic before I took a bite out of it!
Ingredients:
2 Tbs butter
10-12 slices of bread (crusts removed) torn into smallish pieces
2 c hot milk
1 onion, finely chopped
4 eggs, separated
about 1 1/2 c grated cheese (I used cheddar, that's what I had in the fridge)
1 tsp salt
1 pinch of nutmeg (optional)
1) Preheat oven to 400F. Butter a pie baking pan.
2) Place bread in a shallow bowl or pan and pour hot milk over it. Set aside for the bread to soak up the milk.
3) Melt butter in a pan and saute the onion until tender, about 15 min.
4) Mash the bread with a wooden spoon and add to it the sauteed onions. Mix well.
5) In a bowl, whisk egg yolks, cheese, salt and nutmeg. Pour this over the bread and mix to incorporate well.
6) Beat egg whites until stiff, then fold them into the bread and cheese mixture gently, a couple of spoonfuls at a time.
7) Pour into baking pan and bake for about 45-50 minutes, until nice and golden-brown.
This recipe was a great accidental find (the original recipe can be found here). I made slight changes to it, and both my boys devoured it. Great way to get rid of all that stale bread and unwanted milk. I served it with some very simple but delicious Romanian-style green beans with garlic, but I think it would go wonderfully (possibly better) accompanied by a fresh veggie salad. I apologise for the state of the pictured souffle, but I was really hungry and forgot to take a pic before I took a bite out of it!
Ingredients:
2 Tbs butter
10-12 slices of bread (crusts removed) torn into smallish pieces
2 c hot milk
1 onion, finely chopped
4 eggs, separated
about 1 1/2 c grated cheese (I used cheddar, that's what I had in the fridge)
1 tsp salt
1 pinch of nutmeg (optional)
1) Preheat oven to 400F. Butter a pie baking pan.
2) Place bread in a shallow bowl or pan and pour hot milk over it. Set aside for the bread to soak up the milk.
3) Melt butter in a pan and saute the onion until tender, about 15 min.
4) Mash the bread with a wooden spoon and add to it the sauteed onions. Mix well.
5) In a bowl, whisk egg yolks, cheese, salt and nutmeg. Pour this over the bread and mix to incorporate well.
6) Beat egg whites until stiff, then fold them into the bread and cheese mixture gently, a couple of spoonfuls at a time.
7) Pour into baking pan and bake for about 45-50 minutes, until nice and golden-brown.
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