What do you imagine when hear a word ‘souffle’? An airy and sweet apple souffle or may be a fluffy and cheesy one?
The word soufflé comes form French verb souffler, that means ‘puff up’ or ‘to blow up’. The base of any souffle is beaten egg whites, which provide the lift: a souffle puffs up in the oven.
What about a fish souffle? 🙂 
This tender and light dish is a perfect meal for weight watchers and health enthusiasts! Protein food is an important part of any well-balanced diet, it’s also good for growth and development in children and pregnant women; thus why don’t you make fish souffle to vary your diet. Some children refuse to eat fish and fish souffle is a great meal to feed a peevish child. It’s may be not a gourmet dish but it’s certainly light and tasty. Moreover, it’s one the most easy ways to prepare fish, if you don’t want to hang around the kitchen for hours.
Fish soufflé. Russian recipe.
You can add 1-2 tsp chopped fresh dill or some grated cheese to the fish mixture before baking.
You could also make this recipe with some leftover cooked fish.
Serve with boiled/roasted potatoes or/and green salad.
Ingredients
300g white fish fillet
1 slice white bread
1 tbsp milk, warm (full fat milk or cream)
1 tsp butter, soft
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
salt, pepper to taste
butter, bread crumbs, for greasing
1-2 tbsp grated cheese, optional
sour cream, chopped dill, for garnish
Method
- In a small bowl, add bread and warm milk, soak for 2-3 minutes.
- Check that no bones remain in fish. Cut fish fillet into small cubes, mince in a blender until very fine pieces. Add bread, butter and egg yolks, season to taste, bit the mixture to combine.
- In a big bowl, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until firm peaks.
- Carefully fold 1/2 egg whites into the fish mixture. Add the rest egg whites and fold in.
- Grease two baking tins with butter, sprinkle with bread crumbs. Divide the fish mixture between tins. Sprinkle with cheese, if desired. Bake in preheated 180C oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden and puffed.
- Sprinkle with dill, serve immediately with sour cream and your choice of side dish.
Enjoy!
milkandbun 
This looks delicious. I’ve never made a soufflé myself, but love eating them. And the idea of a light fish soufflé sounds incredibly appealing.
If you can eat souffle outside and it tastes good- why not? 😀 Thou it’s pretty easy to cook at home, too 🙂
Love the idea of a fish souffle it sounds delicious!!
Thanks a lot!
I am floored by the idea of a light soufflé! I have only made light (yet HEAVY) cheese and chocolate soufflés- this sounds wonderful. Thanks for bringing them to Fiesta Friday this week! I hope you are enjoying the party!! 🙂 Josette
Glad you liked it, Josette! The souffle is indeed dietetic and light, but delicious as well! 🙂
Looks like a delicious dish… I always think of desserts when I hear “souffle”, but this savory fish version sounds fabulous! I’m so glad you shared your recipe at FF… I’m bookmarking for sure!
Thank you, Nancy! Actually, I imagine sweet souffle, too! Raspberry or chocolate souffles.. yummy! 😀
I was just looking for a fish pie recipe, and I stumbled on your lighter version of fish souffle. How beautiful, absolutely love your pictures too 🙂
Thank you for the nice comment and like, Loretta! Hope you give it a try, it’s such a good recipe! 🙂
PS Have you found any fish pie recipe? 😉
what a beautiful recipe, love the idea of it!
Thanks a lot, Sabine! Yes, it’s kind of unusual way of eating white fish. 🙂
This looks lovely! I can’t wait to try it 🙂
Thank you so much, Trixpin! I’m always glad to see your likes and comments! ❤
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Mila, I always made soufflé but never tried this fish version, it looks really tasty 🙂
I haven’t made a souffle before and I’ve been meaning to try. I love the idea of a fish souffle. This recipe looks delicious. Yum!
Thank you for the commenting, Amanda! It’s not airy as sweet souffles, but still light and tastes good))
Wow this looks absolutely delicious!
Thank you, Michelle! It tastes as it looks – nice and light, great for a diet! 😀
That is a fantastic idea!! I am not a fan of fish, but a fish souffle I have never tried before… probably a great idea to make me like it 😀
Are you more meety-person? And I love fish, if it’s cooked nice and not too dry! 🙂
Yes, I love meat!!! Me too, I like fish when its not dry… when it is very cooked and juicy 😀 and I prefer fish that doesnt taste so much like the sea hahaha weird right?
This recipe looks delicious, your soufflé is the perfect light dinner!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
When I first read Fish Souffle, I said What??? But I just loved the recipe. Will try it asap 🙂
Hahaha 😀 yep, a souffle can be not only chocolate one.
That looks like a gourmet meal to meal. You’re very creative and this sounds wonderful.
It’s so sweet of you, Diane! 🙂 You should try to cook a souffle at home; and you will see-it’s so easy and can become everyday food 🙂
Ooh what an interesting twist to soufflés!
Thank you so much! It’s very tender and tasty, you should try it😊