When you look through your old cookery books and find little, cute and misspelled messages or even recipes (that are usually quite misleading) between the pages, written many years ago by a tiny human.. You need to remember that you’re extremely lucky!

Every now and then, I find this kind of sweet messages and crooked letters between the pages of my cookery books and I can feel my heart melting just a little bit every time. I remember the exact time when they were written and the endless hours I used to spend in the kitchen with my daughter, cooking and playing together. These feelings of wholeness, deep gratitude for everything we’ve experienced together and nostalgia overwhelm me. I think I kind of miss those rosy-cheeked faces that never get tired of speaking, telling all sorts of funny and cute stories, helping mommy out with the cooking and creating a huge mess in the kitchen! Time flies!

I’ve always had a soft spot for children, their innocence and spontaneity, their unique way of expressing themselves so freely, their still totally unfiltered thoughts.. I love their full of imagination stories, their perfectly imperfect sketches, playing games with them.. I love pretty much everything these tiny little humans do. I kind of miss all of that!

As I was flipping through the pages of one of my old cookery books to find the exact recipe for the crêpes I’m making today, I fell upon one of my daughter’s versions for this recipe from when she was around five –judging from her letters! Impressive, really!

Today’s dish is an absolute staple at our Christmas table each and every year. And since Christmas celebrations have already begun, it has to be a part of our festive menu. My mother used to make this warm appetizer religiously every year, thus I naturally inherited the tradition and continue to make the same recipe. Without having to talk about it, it’s just always there. A classic shrimp soufflé!

It feels like the kind of dish our mothers used to make, at least in my mind. It’s always served as a warm, festive appetizer in our home. You might be wondering, why is this a strictly festive dish? Well, it isn’t but we tend to treat it like one due to the heavy cream that makes it even tastier but richer in calories too.

What’s great about this recipe is that you can prepare it at any time you want. Whenever you find shrimps (fresh are always the best but frozen shrimps can do the trick) and have some free time, you can prepare as many baking trays as you please and just freeze them. Once you need them, remember to remove the baking trays from the freezer a bit sooner, add some heavy cream and then straight in the oven. You can always make your lives even easier and buy store-bought crêpes. This will save you quite a lot of time.

This is a very simple recipe, yet delicious and pleasing whether it’s part of your festive Christmas menu or served at Sunday family lunch.