Hooray !!! Bread Bowl Soufflé !!!

Submitted by Chef Mommie

"Posted for ZWT3. I didn't see one like it! A savoury dish that you eat as soon as it comes out the oven. The bread bowl takes the place of a soufflé dish."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 loaf bread (country round)
• 8 ounces cream cheese with garlic and herbs (or Boursin cheese)
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 cup cremini mushroom (chopped)
• 1⁄2 bunch fresh spinach
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
2. Hollow out the loaf of bread. Save the hollowed-out bits for another use.
3. Rinse the spinach and place the wet spinach in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Press out all the water and chop the spinach.
4. In a skillet, heat the butter and saute the spinach and mushrooms for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
5. In a bowl, break up the cheese into little bits. Add the mushroom-spinach mixture and the egg yolks and mix well.
6. Beat the egg whites to soft peak.
7. Gently fold whites into the cheese-egg yolk-vegetable mixture.
8. Pour the mixture into the hollowed loaf.
9. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the soufflé is cooked.