Crab Souffles

Name: Crab Souffles
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ½ small onion, studded with 4 cloves; 2 bay leaves; 10 black peppercorns; 1½ tablespoons dried breadcrumbs; melted butter, for brushing; 30 g (1 oz) butter; 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) milk; 6 egg yolks and 5 egg whites; 2 spring onions (scallions), finely chopped; 2 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour; 250 g (9 oz) cooked crabmeat; pinch of cayenne pepper; 3 teaspoons lime juice

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

melted butter, for brushing
1½ tablespoons dried breadcrumbs
½ small onion, studded with 4 cloves

Savoury
Pescatarian

Method

Prepare six 125 ml (4 fl oz/2 cup) souffl