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Peach Soufflé

6 ripe peaches 4 heaping tablespoonfuls (4 ozs.) sugar I heaping tablespoonful (I oz.) butter 1/4 pint (1/2 cup) milk 1/2 pint (I cup) water 2 heaping tablespoonfuls (2 ozs.) flour 3 eggs I egg white Peel the peaches, put them into a casserole with the sugar and the water; cook till tender; then rub through a sieve.

Blend the butter and flour in a saucepan over the fire, add the milk gradually, and stir over the fire till it boils; then add the peach purée and boil again for three minutes.

Remove the saucepan from the fire; add the yolks of eggs one by one; then the whites of eggs beaten up stiffly. Put into a buttered earthenware dish and bake for half an hour.

It may be steamed for three-quarters of an hour.