Summer Berry Souffles

Ooooher, I hear you say. SOUFFLES?! How pretentious and fiddly to make! Even Masterchef's Greg Wallace says how hard they are to perfect!

But no. I am about to share with you a brilliant recipe that not only is relatively easy to make, but looks absolutely spectacular at dinner parties and never fails to impress the guests. It also tastes delicously light - perfect if you've had a heavy meal. And it only comes in at around 100 calories! What's not to love?! I spoil you, I really do.

This recipe serves around 6, depending on the size of your ramekin dishes. I'd recommend the smaller ones as they always come out more impressive.

You will need:

250g frozen mixed berries
3 tbsp fresh custard
1 egg yolk
4 egg whites
65g caster sugar
2-3 drops vanilla extract
1 tbsp icing sugar


Preheat your oven to 180°C, and butter your ramekin dishes and coat with caster sugar. If you have the space, pop them in the fridge.

Thaw out your berries - 40 seconds in the microwave should do it. Take 1/3 of them out and squish with a fork.

In another bowl (this recipe uses a lot of bowls, so be prepared!), mix together your custard, vanilla extract and egg yolk. Stir in your crushed berries.

In another bowl, whisk up your egg whites so they form soft peaks. Add in the sugar and whisk a little bit more.

Fold in 1/3 of the egg whites into your custard berry mixture very gently - you want to keep all the air in. Then alternate between adding the berries and egg whites until it's all nicely folded in. Pour into your ramekin dishes, and fill to the brim Run your thumb around the edge of each rim - this helps with the rising.

Cook for 7-8 minutes, until they've risen nicely and have a slight golden brown colour on the top.

This is the tricky bit. Organise your serving dishes and icing sugar ready for when the souffles come out of the oven, you want to serve them ASAP whilst they are still risen. Take the ramekins out of the oven and put straight on a plate - don't bother taking them out of the dishes, it will turn into a big ol' mess. Aint nobody got time for that!

Sprinkle over some icing sugar on top for decoration. Best to use a seive for this.

Serve to the ooohs and aaahs of your guests, and try not to act too pleased with yourself. This is the kind of thing you just casually whipped up, right?!