Chocolate Souffle

Submitted by evelynathens

"A chocolate dessert that is lighter than air."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4-6

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 ¼ 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.

Reviews

[seventhspice]

Very tasty with excellent texture! I used semisweet instead of bittersweet and added 1/4 tsp cream of tartar to the whites just for the heck of it. I've never made a souffle with such a high ratio of whites to yolks, but it turned out great!

 

[Fairy Nuff]

Deliciously light in texture and very chocolatey in taste. I made this is six small souffle dishes and we all enjoyed it a great deal. Thanks Evelyn :) (resubmitted as I forgot the stars)

 

[SugarAddict7]

I have made this multiple times and it is a great recipe! Mine only took about 20 minutes in my souffle dishes though.

 

[Queen Alexandra]

This was a great recipe. It was my first time making a souffle so it come out perfect (but only because I need practice). I will make this again forsure!