10 Sweet and Savory Soufflés That You Can Bake At Home (Yes, Really) (2024)

Updated on 02/5/23

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  Alpine Cheese Soufflé

  

  Transforming a few inexpensive ingredients into a soufflé adds a touch of luxury to everyday meals. Impress your family and friends with a chef-like cheese soufflé that is surprisingly easy to bake up in your kitchen. You'll want to use a strong-flavored, nutty, Alpine cheese for this bistro-classic dish, such as Gruyère, Comté, or Emmenthal.

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  Lemon Soufflé

  

  When you treat your family or friends to a bistro-style French dinner, complete the meal with a classic lemon soufflé. It sings with bright and sweet lemon flavor and has a beautifully crispy outer crust that you can enhance with a dusting of confectioner's sugar. It is also simple enough to prepare that you may be inspired to start making it for an everyday weeknight dessert, too.

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  Macaroni and Cheese Soufflé

  

  Meet a magical soufflé that will make you think about the traditional French dish in a whole new way. Good old American ingenuity meets traditional French cuisine in this genius mash-up of macaroni and cheese casserole and the cheese soufflé. It is essentially an elevated mac and cheese, with a rich egg custard bringing a fluffy, custard-like consistency to everyone's favorite pasta bake.

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  Salmon Soufflé With Herbs

  

  Salmon soufflé makes a fun and tasty alternative to the usual salmon quiche at a weekend brunch or a sophisticated dinner offering. It is an inspired use for a can of salmon in your pantry and only needs 2 eggs, some milk, and a few other basic cupboard ingredients.

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  Carrot Soufflé

  

  Carrot cake lovers will especially love this uniquely delicious dessert soufflé. It is loaded with sweet cooked carrots that are mashed and flavored with cinnamon for a nice and puffy, sweet-meets-savory souffle. You could even serve it as a non-traditional side dish for pork or ham at holiday meals or other special occasion dinners.

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  White Chocolate Soufflé

  

  The sweet taste of white chocolate infuses this light and airy dessert soufflé. Serve it for a special Christmas dessert, enhancing its snowy mountain effect with a generous dusting of icing sugar, and plating the soufflé with red berries. Or, enjoy it at any time of year for a special treat, topping with lemon sauce or raspberry sauce.

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  Oatmeal Soufflé

  

  If you think of oatmeal as dense or stodgy, this light and airy oatmeal soufflé will change all that. It starts off on the stovetop, cooking simple rolled oats in butter and milk. Then you add Greek yogurt, egg yolks, cinnamon, brown sugar, and finally the beaten egg whites. Serve it for a special brunch with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top.

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  Savory Sweet Potato Soufflé

  

  Think beyond baked and mashed potatoes with this savory sweet potato soufflé. It is an unexpected twist on traditional sweet potato recipes and can stand as a light dinner on its own, with a green side salad. You'll love the combination of flavors and textures from sweet potato puree, nutty Gruyère and Parmesan cheeses, onion, garlic, and thyme.

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  Cheese and Leek Soufflé

  

  Bake up this retro cheese and leek soufflé when you want to enjoy a nostalgic, French-inspired dinner in one dish. It is a stylish way to eat eggs for dinner, and the mild, spring-like flavor of leeks adds lovely balance to nutty Gruyère or Emmenthal cheese. You could also serve it for an elegant first course at multi-course meals.

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  Austrian Baked Vanilla Soufflé

  

  Also called Salzburger nockerl, this baked vanilla soufflé originated in 17th century Austria, where it was first baked by the mistress of the archbishop of Salzburg. It is a show-stopping, sweet dessert soufflé, flavored with whipping cream, sugar, lemon, and vanilla, that is traditionally formed into three mounds to resemble the three hills surrounding the city of Salzburg.

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