As a precursor to dinner, we whipped up some spicy cheese souffles made with pureed chipotle in adobo, aged cheddar, bleu cheese, scallions, and cilantro. Inspired by the current Hay Hay it’s Donna Day, these were nearly perfect little savory and spicy breaths of fluffy egg and cheese goodness.

Deflated chipotle and bleu cheese souffleT: souffle is a little like cotton candy. It’s big. but once it gets in your mouth it all but disappears. Not to say it wasn’t extremely tasty, but… it goes *poof* and there is nothing. Kinda like a big fluffy cat that has been shaved.
A: you do have a point. i didn’t really know what was going to happen tonight. i wasn’t particularly scared of my souffle not rising because of all the research i did before hand, but i didn’t really know what a souffle tasted like! this was the first souffle that i’ve ever eaten! it really did go poof.
T: it was my first souffle too. Just curious, how healthy/unhealthy was this little puff of delight?
A: weeeell… on the cholesterol scale, it’s probably not so good. there was a little less than 1 egg yolk per ramekin and about one egg white. add that to the cheese and milk, and you’re not looking at the most healthy thing in the world. tasty though! quite tasty.
T: ok so if I’m on the biggest loser I’m not going to want to gorge myself on bleu cheese and cheddar souffle. That’s basically what you’re telling me.
A: yup, pretty much! i happen to be a firm believer in “every thing’s good in moderation”.
T: which is why I only smoke one crack rock per day.
A: what-ever like, you are totally not smoking crack everyday! that would totally mess up your tastebuds and make you unable to be a good WWE partner!
T: yeah, as the lovely whitney houston once said, crack is cheap. crack is wack.
A: heheh crack is wack, yo! but souffle is grrrrrreat!
T: it is quite tasty. Is it typically served as an appetizer or side dish?
A: i’m pretty sure it’s served as a side dish most of the time. i could be wrong though.
T: where in the world are people eating souffle on a regular basis? France?
A: that’s my guess. and here. and everywhere! we just hadn’t caught on the souffle bandwagon yet. but you can bet this won’t be the last time i make one of these delicious savory airy “breaths”.
T: When you first said you were making a souffle I thought you were talking about flambe. I’m uhhh…. slow.
A: nah, just unexperienced. i can help you out, baby.
T: yes you can. you certainly did tonight. I gotta rate this souffle a… how can I rate something without anything to compare it to? well, hmm…. it was really tasty. And it did seem really fluffy. I’ll give it a 4.4/5. How bout you?
A: i think i must have enjoyed this one more than you did. i give it a 4.56/5. it was fantastic. i could have eaten the other three…easily. it was cheesy. it was spicy… it had hints of onionness. i just loved it.
T: now I was looking around on the internet earlier today and I saw some chocolate souffles. Ummm… so, what’s up with that? in other words, are you planning to make one soon?
A: well i wasn’t going to, buuuut. maybe i’ll make one for laurie’s birthday dessert! and of course it will have caramel sauce (as she’s requested)…
T: when is her birthday?
A: that doesn’t really matter! the real question should be, “when is she coming to visit?”! that would be mid-february. so be on your toes!
T: i’m on my toes right now, woman!

Recipes in this post:

• Chipotle, Bleu Cheese, and Cheddar Souffle

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