Chocolate fondant soufflés

Name: Chocolate fondant soufflés
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 120 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 120 g (4 oz) dark bitter chocolate, chopped; 2 eggs; 2 egg yolks; 2 teaspoons cocoa powder; 60 g (2 oz) plain bread flour; cocoa powder, for dusting; ¾ teaspoon baking powder; 90 g (3 oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Puddings

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

The ‘fondant’ aspect of these simple but devastatingly effective chocolate fixes is the hot centre, which spills slowly across the plate when the crisp shell of the soufflé is broken open.

Ingredients

120 g (4 oz) dark bitter chocolate, chopped
120 g (4

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Thickly brush six 150 ml (5 fl oz) ramekins with some melted butter, dust with caster sugar, then lightly tap and empty out any excess sugar. Prehea