Using the grapefruit curd I made in the microwave I made Grapefruit Curd Soufflé. This is a simple recipe and does not make use of crème pâtissière for the base.
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You will have read that Dave and I applied for a UK Visa. The last time we applied it took 3 days. This time I read up on the website how long they expected the Visa to take. I had to get our timing perfect as we need the Visa to last until after the 15th of February 2018. We have applied for a 6 month Visa which is valid from the day it is stamped into the passport. The British Government indicated that the application should take 15 working days. In order to not risk cutting it too fine we applied 21 working days in advance. I did not take into consideration the day we went for our appointment. Or the day we fly out of South Africa.
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And then the waiting game began. I wrote the countdown on my wall calendar and hoped and prayed we would not find ourselves in trouble. My friend Rosey who is a travel agent told me that it would take at least 20 days. I did a quick internet search and saw that the British High Commission had been interviewed regarding the Visa application process. In the interview it was stated that the turn around would be 19 days. And so, I was prepared to wait and did not stress about the situation. Much like one needs to do with a soufflé. You need to wait patiently while they rise, and do not worry that they won’t. As you can see from my grapefruit curd soufflé they started dropping quite quickly. The flavour was excellent though. And, our Visas arrived after 15 working days!
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Grapefruit Curd Soufflé
Ingredients
- 90 g fructose
- 1 grapefruit, juice only
- 50 g butter, cubed
- 2 eggs, separated
- 10 g butter, melted
- 120 g castor sugar for dusting
Method
- Place the fructose and grapefruit juice into a bowl and whisk to combine
- Add the butter and microwave in 30 second bursts until the butter has melted whisking each time
- Lightly beat the egg yolks and then whisk in to the juice mixture
- Microwave in 30 second bursts until the curd thickens (mine took 6 minutes)
- Transfer straight away to a clean bowl and cover with cling film
- Allow to cool before using
- Using a pastry brush, brush the entire inner surface of 3 ramekins with the melted butter
- Pour castor sugar into each ramekin and rotate until the butter is completely covered, shaking out the excess
- Preheat the oven to 170° Celsius with a baking tray on the middle shelf
- Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks
- Using a spatula fold the egg whites into the curd
- Fill your soufflé dishes to the top and smooth off with a palette knife
- Sprinkle the top with castor sugar and leave to melt for 1 minute
- Thumb the edges and place into the oven for 18 minutes
- Serve immediately
Inspiration published on Lavender and Lime October 27:
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- 2014 – Chopped Liver
- 2013 – Lobster Pot Pie
- 2011 – Almond Cake
- 2010 – Roast Pork Fillet
Woo hoo to beautiful and delicious-sounding souffles and to your visas arriving!!
Big woo hoo indeed to the visas 🙂
That is wonderful about your visas, timing is everything. Beautiful souffles!!!
For sure, timing is everything. Thanks for the compliment.
Souffles have come out so perfect and I must say with a lovely flavour of grapefruit
THe grapefruit was very refreshing 🙂
Using the microwave in gourmet cooking.. that is flipping brilliant right there! <3 – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
Especially when you don’t have time!
Love the new look of your blog Tandy! And phew, that is close with the 15 days. I once waited for a passport patiently but then found out that they lost the application. Luckily they rushed one through but sometimes being patient is difficult!
In your shoes I would have been so not impressed! Thanks for the compliment Lorraine. Just a few things to iron out still but overall I am happy with the look 🙂
glad that you got your visas! but what i’m really mesmerized by is the lift you got on these souffles ? i haven’t had luck with souffles the last few times i tried to make them, sigh. and love the site redesign!
I have super luck with souffles. And thanks for the compliment about the site Heather 🙂