Hot Chocolate Soufflés

Name: Hot Chocolate Soufflés (Soufflés Chauds au Chocolat)
Yield: Makes 6 Servings
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon softened butter (for the ramekins), plus ¾ stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter (for the flavoring mixture); 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; confectioners’ sugar (optional); Crème Chantilly ( optional); Classic Vanilla Crème Anglaise ( optional); vanilla ice cream (optional); 6 ounces [170 g] bittersweet chocolate, chopped coarse; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 ½ teaspoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, sifted through a strainer, or more as needed; 3 large eggs, allowed to warm to room temperature; ¼ cup [50 g] sugar

Soufflés Chauds au Chocolat

Preparation info

Makes
6
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

About

Ingredients

1 tablespoon softened butter (for the ramekins), plus ¾ stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter<

Europe
France
Dinner
Dessert
Chocolate
Microwave
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Brush the inside of six 5-ounce [185 ml] ovenproof ramekins or Pyrex custard cups with the softened butter. Put the cocoa powder in a ramekin and rotate the ramekin so the cocoa completely coats the