Rice souffle is a perfect dish to make during autumn. Its warm and delicate consistency adapts perfectly to the cool weather and rainy days. It is also perfect to serve at a dinner party or get-together with old friends. Sharing gossips, laughs and chit-chats while enjoying this delicious meal can help you create unforgettable memories.
Rice souffle is quite complicated to make, so you will have to make sure you have time to prepare this tasty meal and still be able to get ready for the party you are hosting. The smell of freshly baked rice souffle will fill up the air in your house and your guests will be immediately amazed and surely hungry!
What you’ll need for rice souffle
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of creamy rice
- 3 eggs
- 1 box of frozen peas
- 1 mozzarella block
- Salt
- Pepper
- ¼ ground beef
- 1 cup of parmesan cheese
- 1 cup of bread crumbs
- ¼ cup of milk
- 1 bottle of simple tomato sauce purée
- 1 clove of garlic
- Olive oil
Making the meatballs and tomato sauce
How to make meat balls
- In a medium-size bowl, place ground beef
- Add 1 egg, milk, ½ cup of parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, a pinch of salt and pepper
- Work the ingredients with your hands until the ground beef has absorbed them all
- Take a small handful of ground beef and work it in your hand to make a meat-ball shape
- Continue making meat balls with the rest of the ground beef
- Place them on a dish and leave them to rest
How to make simple tomato sauce
- E medium-size saucepan and place it on the stove
- Turn the heat on at a low temperature
- Add olive oil and clove of garlic – chopped
- When simmering, add the bottle of tomato purée
- Leave it on stove, stirring occasionally
- When it boils, turn the heat and keep warm
Putting the rice souffle together
How to prepare the rice souffle
- Preheat the oven at 350°F
- Cut up mozzarella block in thin slices
- Cook rice in a saucepan with 2 cups of water
- Brake 2 eggs in a separate bowl
- Add salt, pepper and parmesan remaining parmesan cheese
- Mix them all together
- Add tomato sauce and mix again
- Place cooked rice in a large bowl and pour sauce on it
- Mix and stir
- Add mozzarella, peas and meat balls and mix well
- Take a medium-size oven pan, spray it with cooking spray
- Pour rice evenly and cover it with a sprinkle of bread crumbs
- Bake for 30 minutes
Although it takes a long time to prepare all the main components of a delicious rice souffle, your effort and energy will be paid off by how much your guests enjoy eating it.
Summary
This is a recipe for rice souffle, a warm autumn dish suited to dinner parties, combining creamy rice, eggs, mozzarella, peas and homemade meatballs in a simple tomato sauce. It lists the ingredients needed, then sets out separate steps for making the meatballs, preparing a basic tomato sauce, and combining everything with rice before baking it at 350F for 30 minutes, topped with breadcrumbs.
Questions this article raises
- Could this recipe be made with a lighter sauce for a smaller autumn dinner?
- How far in advance can the meatballs and tomato sauce be made before assembling the dish?
- What would work as a vegetarian substitute for the ground beef meatballs?
