Peas. No. 2. Pea Soufflé. (Rei-na-charn.)
Mix 2 ozs. butter, 1½ ozs. fine flour, 1½ raw yolks of egg, a tiny dust of cayenne, and a saltspoonful of salt, with not quite ½ pt. of cold milk. Stir over the fire until it boils, then add 3 ozs. parmesan cheese, a pint of green peas that have been passed through a hair sieve, the whites of 3 eggs that have been whipped stiff, with a pinch of salt.
Put all into a buttered soufflé dish and bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes.