The Madame's Souffle Recipe

INGREDIENTS

• 4 deciliters (1 2/3 cups) of very good milk
• 100 grams (31/2 ounces) of sugar lumps
• 40 grams (1 3/8 ounces) of rice starch or 30 grams (1 ounce) of sifted fine wheat flour
• a nice half vanilla bean
• 5 egg yolks
• 6 egg whites whisked Into a very firm snow
• 30 grams (1 ounce, 2 tablespoons) of fine butter
• 2 tablespoons of confectioners' sugar or superfine sugar.
• A timbale or a souffle dish about 20 centimeters (8-inches) In diameter and 7 centimeters (2 3/4 inches) deep.