Anna's Romanian Souffle'

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 sheets filo pastry
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted,for brushing filo
• 3/4 cup shredded gruyere or 3/4 cup swiss cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 stack the filo horizontally on your work surface, brushing each sheet lightly with melted butter as you stack.
• 2 sprinkle the cheese over the bottom third of the filo.
• 3 roll up the filo very loosely, jelly-roll style.
• 4 coil the roll loosely in a greased 1-quart souffle' dish.
• 5 brush the coil with butter.
• 6 if desired, cover and chill the dish up to 8 hours.
• 7 preheat the oven to 350^f.
• 8 in a bowl, beat the eggs lightly.
• 9 stir in the milk, salt and pepper.
• 10 pour the mixture over the filo and into the center of the dish.
• 11 bake the souffle', uncovered for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top of the filo is golden, and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 12 serve the souffle' warm.