Czech Noodle and Apple Soufflé

Name: Czech Noodle and Apple Soufflé (Nudlovy' Nákyp)
Yield: Serves about 8
Cuisine: Czech Republic
Ingredients: 2½ cups peeled, cored, sliced apples (any type; about 1 pound); 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; Confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling; Pinch salt; 2⅔ cups milk; 5 tablespoons butter, softened; 4 ounces wide egg noodles, broken into 1-inch pieces (about 1¾ cups); 3 large eggs, separated; ⅓ cup sugar

Nudlovy' Nákyp

Preparation info

Serves about
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

Some Czech noodle desserts are made with poppy seeds, sugar and butter, some with crumbled gingerbread. This one is soft, mostly noodles and apples bound with a bit of eggy batter. Serve it as you would a soufflé, warm, soon after baking.

Ingredients

2⅔ cups milk
Pinch salt
4 ounces wide egg noodle

Europe
Czech Republic
Dessert
Eastern Europe
Vegetarian

Method

In a large saucepan, bring the milk and salt to a boil. Add the noodles and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, usually about 8 minutes. Set aside briefly to cool; do not drain.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, with a rack in the center. Butter