# Lemon Soufflé

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/lemon-souffle/
- Published: 2013-02-06T05:14:58+11:00
- Author: Lydia Williams

Lemon Souffle is a yummy zingy dessert, and this one is easy to make. When I hear
the word [Souffle](https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/raspberry-souffle/), I cringe
a little, because I was brought up with don’t touch the oven door, watch the�temperature
�and then the Oh no as it would�deflate�on opening of the oven door!

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## Lemon Souffle

 Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

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 Course: DessertsCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

 Adjust servings

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4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

  Cook Mode

### Ingredients

 * 125 grams Sugar
 * 125 millilitre Lemon juice
 *  finely grated zest of one lemon
 * .50 tsp Vanilla extract
 * 2 egg whites
 * 60 grams Caster sugar
 *  gram Icing Sugar-for dusting

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### Directions

 * Preheat oven 190 degrees.
 * Place sugar, lemon juice, and zest in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring
   it until the sugar is dissolved.
 * Reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 3 minutes, take off heat and stir in
   vanilla essence.
 * Beat the egg whites in a bowl until soft peaks form.
 * Slowly add castor sugar and keep beating until it is glossy and thick.
 * Bring the lemon mixture back to a boil, then whisk while pouring in 60mls of 
   the hot lemon mixture into the egg white and beat for 5 minutes, should be light
   and fluffy.
 * Pour remaining mixture in to ramekins.
 * Divide egg mixture among the ramekins.
 * Bake until beginning to brown, 5-6 minutes.

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### Notes

 * not suitable for freezing
 * dust with icing sugar

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 Lydia Williams

 Lydia is our gorgeous food editor and a ray of sunshine in the Stay at Home Mum
kitchen. In between cooking and and trialing all our recipes you can find her photographing
her work for Stay at Home Mum. She has 2 gorgeous children and a spunk of a husband
who understands her passion for food.

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## Comments

### By: Tami

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/lemon-souffle/#comment-57093
- Published: 2013-02-07T12:31:06+11:00

Sounds yummy! How many does this recipe make?