For Thanksgiving, I never have to worry about the turkey. For this, the family is thankful. In our family, everyone contributes to the overall meal by bringing covered dishes - vegetables, salads, desserts, whatever... This year, one of my covered dishes was Carrot Souffle. It was wonderful.
I first tasted carrot souffle at the Piccadilly restaurant. It's very, very sweet - almost dessert-like. My friend, Penny, gave me her recipe. The best part about making it at home, is being able to control the amount of sugar and butter. Cutting back on those makes it healthier and it's still delicious!
I didn't take photos of my souffle, but it looked pretty much the same as in the lovely photo above from Cooking Fun. I've never visited that site before today, but I do plan to go back and browse. It looks like she has some wonderful recipes!
The recipe makes a small souffle. I made a much larger batch. I used a 5 pound bag of carrots and multiplied all the other ingredients by five. It filled 1 small and 2 large casserole dishes. I wanted to have some for home and some to take. It would have been better to have just tripled the recipe.
I used the carrots that were already cut up. That made it so easy!!!!!!! Easy was good since I was multi-tasking like crazy that morning.
Here's the recipe:
I first tasted carrot souffle at the Piccadilly restaurant. It's very, very sweet - almost dessert-like. My friend, Penny, gave me her recipe. The best part about making it at home, is being able to control the amount of sugar and butter. Cutting back on those makes it healthier and it's still delicious!
I didn't take photos of my souffle, but it looked pretty much the same as in the lovely photo above from Cooking Fun. I've never visited that site before today, but I do plan to go back and browse. It looks like she has some wonderful recipes!
The recipe makes a small souffle. I made a much larger batch. I used a 5 pound bag of carrots and multiplied all the other ingredients by five. It filled 1 small and 2 large casserole dishes. I wanted to have some for home and some to take. It would have been better to have just tripled the recipe.
I used the carrots that were already cut up. That made it so easy!!!!!!! Easy was good since I was multi-tasking like crazy that morning.
Here's the recipe:
Carrot Souffle
- 1 lb carrots, peeled and chopped
- 3 lg eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ c sugar - Penny recommends less - ¼ c or maybe a little more
- ½ c butter, melted – Penny recommends ¼ c
- 3 Tbs flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Bring carrots and water to a boil in a medium saucepan; cook 45 minutes or until very tender. Drain. Note: With 5 pounds of carrots, it took much longer to get my carrots tender. I steamed them.
- Process carrots in a food processor until smooth.
- Stir together carrot puree, eggs, and remaining ingredients.
- Spoon into a lightly greased 1 qt baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until set.
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