How long should the soufflé cook?

It is cooked in a water bath for 3/4 hour (45 minutes) in a well-buttered soufflé mold. It is then turned out onto a dish, and brown sauce is poured around.

Why must the roux (butter sauce) be completely cold?

Because the egg yolks and the scraped meat must be mixed in without coagulating. Butter and flour are stirred together, thinned with 1/4 l milk, simmered 10 minutes and set aside until the roux is quite cold before the meat mixture is stirred in.

How is the rabbit meat handled?

You use 180 g raw, scraped rabbit meat. It is pounded fine, the egg yolks are stirred in, it is seasoned with salt and pepper, mixed gently with the white sauce and pressed through a fine sieve before the stiffly beaten egg white is folded in.

How many servings, and where does the recipe come from?

The recipe serves 4 and is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" from 1914, page 319.

Rabbit soufflé

Rabbit soufflé from Erken's Stor kokebok 1914: a white sauce of 60 g butter, 60 g flour and 2.5 dl milk is cooled, mixed with 180 g finely pounded raw rabbit meat and 3 egg yolks, sieved, folded with stiffly beaten egg white and cooked in a water bath about 45 minutes. Served turned out with brown sauce.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 319 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The recipe is in the chapter on poultry and game in Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914). The soufflé is a refined way to use up leftover rabbit meat, and is clearly inspired by French cuisine—something the French subtitle "soufflé de lapin" underscores.

How to make it

1
Make the roux
Stir butter and flour together in a saucepan, thin with the milk and let the mixture simmer gently for 10 minutes. Pour it out and let it become completely cold.
2
Prepare the meat
Pound or blend the scraped rabbit meat completely fine. Stir in the egg yolks and season with salt and pepper.
3
Mix
Mix the meat mixture gently with the cold white sauce and press the mass through a fine sieve.
4
Fold in the egg whites
Beat the egg whites stiff and fold them gently into the mass. Fill it into a well-buttered soufflé mold.
5
Cook in a water bath
Set the mold in a water bath and let the soufflé set for about 45 minutes (at about 160 °C (320 °F) in the oven or covered on the stovetop).
6
Serve
Turn the soufflé out onto a warm dish and pour brown sauce around it.

Changes from the original

Amounts are converted to modern measures (dl, grams), "hvetemel" kept as all-purpose flour, and water-bath cooking is described in modern oven terms. The steps are written out in modern language.

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Kaninsoufflé. (Soufflé de lapin.) 180 g gr. rått, skrapet kaninkjøtt ~~(finhakket/skrapet fra beinet).~~ 60 ~~g smør.~~ gr. smør 60 ~~g hvetemel.~~ gr. hvetemel 3 ~~stk~~ egg ~~(deles i plomme og hvite). 2,5 dl melk.~~ 3/4 l. melk salt ~~(etter smak).~~ pepper ~~(etter smak).~~ brun ~~saus (til servering). Rør smør~~ saus. Smør og mel ~~sammen i en kjele, spe~~ røres sammen, spedes med ~~melken og la blandingen småtrekke~~ melken, småtrekker i 10 ~~minutter. Hell den opp~~ minutter, helles op, og ~~la den bli helt kald.. Støt eller kjør det~~ står til jevningen er ganske kold. Det skrapede ~~kaninkjøttet helt fint. Rør inn eggeplommene og krydre med salt~~ kjøtt støtes fint, irøres eggeplommene, krydres og ~~pepper.. Bland kjøttblandingen~~ blandes forsiktig med den ~~kalde~~ hvite ~~sausen og press massen gjennom en fin sil.. Stivvisp eggehvitene og vend dem forsiktig inn i massen. Fyll~~ saus. Presses gjennem hårsikt, tilsettes den stivvispede eggekvite og has i en godt smurt ~~suffléform.. Sett formen~~ souffléform. Kokes i vannbad ~~og la suffléen stivne~~ i ~~cirka 45 minutter (ved ca. 160 °C i ovn eller under lokk på platen).. Hvelv suffléen ut på et varmt fat~~ 3/4 time, hvelves, og ~~hell brun saus rundt.~~ sausen helles omkring.

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Mengder er omregnet til moderne mål (dl, gram), «hvetemel» beholdt som hvetemel, og vannbadskoking er beskrevet i moderne ovnsuttrykk. Trinnene er skrevet ut i moderne språk.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the soufflé cook?: It is cooked in a water bath for 3/4 hour (45 minutes) in a well-buttered soufflé mold. It is then turned out onto a dish, and brown sauce is poured around.
Why must the roux (butter sauce) be completely cold?: Because the egg yolks and the scraped meat must be mixed in without coagulating. Butter and flour are stirred together, thinned with 1/4 l milk, simmered 10 minutes and set aside until the roux is quite cold before the meat mixture is stirred in.
How is the rabbit meat handled?: You use 180 g raw, scraped rabbit meat. It is pounded fine, the egg yolks are stirred in, it is seasoned with salt and pepper, mixed gently with the white sauce and pressed through a fine sieve before the stiffly beaten egg white is folded in.
How many servings, and where does the recipe come from?: The recipe serves 4 and is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" from 1914, page 319.

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