Deliciously light and fluffy, these 5 ingredient goat cheese and egg souffle cups are surprisingly easy to make and are perfect for breakfast, brunch, or even dinner!
Like me, you might associate the word “souffle” with images of some disgruntled French chef huffing and puffing around the kitchen, right?
I was always a little scared at the thought of making souffles, but I had these incredibly beautiful eggs to use, so to me it seemed only natural that they should be the star of a dish: enter the elusive souffle. I’m so happy to report that these beauties were so easy to make, and am excited to be sharing them for this weeks’ Five Ingredient Friday.
Now let’s talk about eggs – they’re such a versatile ingredient, used for so many dishes. You can boil, scramble, fry, poach or use them in an endless list of ways, but the quality of your eggs and how the hens are raised is super important and I have found some truly incredible eggs from Blue Sky Family Farms.
Blue Sky Family Farms offers 100% free range and pasture raised eggs, and holds the highest Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) “Certified Humane” standards for Free Range and Pasture Raised eggs. To illustrate the difference and help consumers get to know their eggs, Blue Sky Family Farms has introduced the Rating Animal Welfare (R.A.W.) Scorecard. and it is truly mind boggling:
I love the description of Level 4-Pasture Raised eggs “over 108 square feet per hen, year-round outside pasture space to roam free on grass with plenty of room for foraging, dust-bathing, flapping and social interaction”, I don’t know about you, but I want the eggs I’m consuming to come from happy hens that are flapping and having social interactions, sounds fun, doesn’t it? Yup, I want those eggs.
And the packaging is so pretty- it conjured up images of where these happy hens live, at Blue Sky Family Farms!
After making these souffle cups and having the eggs in various dishes (I made this salad yet again last week) I can tell you that those are seriously some of the best eggs I have ever eaten!!
When making the souffle one separates egg whites (which one beats into soft peaks) and yolks (which one beats also) and then combines them with goat cheese which is perfect for making souffles because it is a really light and creamy cheese. One bakes the egg and cheese mixture in little ramekins that are lined with buttered puff pastry. The end result is incredible – flaky crust with a light and fluffy souffle filling…deeeelish!
Ingredients
- 6 eggs separated
- 3 oz goat cheese
- 4 teaspoons heavy cream
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 sheet pastry puff cut into 4s
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Separate egg whites and yolks into two separate bowls.
- Start by beating egg whites with a hand mixer until soft peaks form (about 3 minutes).
- Beat egg yolks for 1 minute, then add in the heavy cream and beat for 30 seconds, then add in the goat cheese and salt and beat for 30 seconds (it's ok if a few chunks of goat cheese remain.)
- With a spatula or spoon fold egg white into egg yolk mixture.
- Liberally brush butter into 6 small ramekins, into 4 of the ramekins press a square of pastry puff and brush butter over the puff pastry dough on the inside of the ramekins. Pour the egg mixture into the ramekins (fill to about 3/4 full) and bake for 35-40 minutes until tops are golden brown (the souffles will puff up).
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes, then gently run a knife around the edges of the ramekins and remove the souffles and serve.
Notes
If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Leave a comment below or take a photo and tag me on Instagram or Facebook with #sweetphiblog or email me at sweetphiblog@gmail.com, I always love featuring your pictures on my Reader Recreations page!
This post has been sponsored by Blue Sky Family Farms whose product I truly love, use and recommend. As always all thoughts and opinions are mine alone, thank you for supporting the brands that make the SweetPhi blog possible.
Jare says
These sound delicious! I’m confused on two things: Is this a quiche since souffles don’t have any type of crust; and what size ramekin did you use? 6 oz? 8 oz? 10 oz?
Sweetphi says
These are totally delicious and thank you for your comments! I have used both 6 and 8 oz ramekins. I used 6 for the photos but have also made them in 8s, I tend to be a little more comfortable in 8s 🙂 And you’re so right, these are a mix between a quiche and a souffle. It’s like a souffle filling, so so good, hope you love them!
Sarah says
Excited to try these. Thoughts on heating up leftovers?
Sweetphi says
Great question, I did reheat leftovers and they were still good (obviously fresh is best, but they were delish!) 30 seconds in the microwave on high for 1
Little Cooking Tips says
Yummy yummy yummy! This is a recipe that’s so perfect for us Greeks! As you may know we love all savory pies (little ones, hand pies, large pies-called pita here) so this is another way to enjoy some great cheese and eggs!
Loved the fact that you used the specific eggs. We also buy organic rggs from GMO-free fed hens and the quality and taste is vastly superior.
Excellent work!
xoxoxo
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much, these little souffle cups are definitely a great way to enjoy goat cheese and eggs, all nestled in to that delicious flaky pastry dough, you’d for sure love them 🙂
danicaliforniacooks says
Oh my gosh, these are so beautiful! They look like something you would get at a fancy bakery!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much Dani! These souffle cups reminded me of a little bakery item too, I love fancy little breakfasts that are so easy to make at home!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
You had me at goats cheese! It is my favourite cheese, as it has such a strong flavour, that you only need a little bit. Although, I love a lot of it too haha.
I love the sound of these.
Sweetphi says
Goat cheese is one of my favorites too – it’s so tangy and creamy and really goes perfectly with both sweet and savory dishes (like these souffle cups)!
Ashley says
These souffle cups are just gorgeous!! We love eggs at our house and I would kill for one of these right now! I so don’t feel like making dinner tonight 😉
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much girl, and these would definitely be perfect for an easy dinner 🙂
Lynn Lovejoy says
Girl I’m swooning over these…these are the most stunning little soufflés I’ve ever seen!! Can you ship me some 😉
Sweetphi says
Awe, you’re so sweet, THANK YOU! Now I’m off to find the best way to ship these to you because you’d love them 😉
Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says
Packaging always reels me in! And that container for the eggs with the beautiful pastures would make me buy these eggs pronto.
I’m still slightly terrified of making souffles but these look so light and cheesy!
Sweetphi says
I was totally the same way – the thought of making souffles scared me, but after making them I was seriously shocked at how easy they are to make lol, you’d do great – trust me! And isn’t the packaging beautiful? I’m so in love with Blue Sky Family Farm eggs!
steworastory says
Phi, these are adorable and brilliant! I’m hosting a brunch bachelorette party in a few months, and these would be perfect. 🙂
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much! These would definitely be perfect for a bachelorette brunch – everyone can have their own little souffle cup 🙂