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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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A chocolate dessert that is lighter than air. Ingredients:
6 ounces best-quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped |
1/4 cup butter, softened |
4 large egg yolks |
10 large egg whites |
1/4 cup sugar |
icing sugar |
whipped cream |
Directions:
1. Butter a soufflé dish and dust with sugar, tapping out excess.
2. Preheat oven to 430F.
3. Melt chocolate and stir until smooth.
4. Whisk butter into hot chocolate; add yolks and combine well.
5. Beat egg whites until frothy.
6. Beat in sugar gradually, and beat until whites hold stiff peaks.
7. Lighten chocolate mixture with 1/4 of the whites, and then gently fold in remaining whites (a few white streaks may show, and this is not a problem).
8. Pour into prepared dish.
9. Put dish in slightly larger baking pan and add enough hot water in second pan to reach 1/3 up the side of the soufflé dish.
10. Bake for 40 minutes (center will be very soft).
11. Give a light dusting of icing sugar over top, bring to table immediately.
12. Serve with Whipped Cream.
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