Chocolate soufflé with crème de menthe sauce

Name: Chocolate soufflé with crème de menthe sauce
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 125 ml (4 fl oz) milk; 60 g (2 oz) good-quality dark chocolate, preferably bitter, roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 egg; cocoa powder, to dust; 3 egg yolks; chocolate curls, to decorate, optional; 1½ tablespoons white crème de menthe; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract or essence; 2 tablespoons plain flour, sieved; 4 egg whites; 30 g (1 oz) caster sugar; 2½ tablespoons caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 35

Appears in

Puddings

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

A delicious chocolate soufflé accompanied by a light sauce of eggs, sugar and crème de menthe, which is known as ‘zabaglione’ to the Italians and ‘sabayon’ to the French.

Ingredients

60 g (2 oz) good-quality dark chocolate, preferably bitter, roughly chopped
125 ml (

Europe
Italy
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Brush a 1.5 litre charlotte tin with some melted butter, dust it with caster sugar, then lightly tap and empty out any excess sugar. Half fill the pan that will sit beneath your steamer with water and slowly bring to the boil.
Place the chocolate in a bowl and pour