Melting Chocolate Puddings
"This is DELICIOUS! A fantastic chocoholic recipe courtesy of Delia Smith. Fab for dinner parties or just because you feel like it. Also freezable if you want to make a larger batch. I find this comparable to gü chocolate souffles, which are definitely the most delightful choccie treat ever!"
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 198.44 g dark chocolate (75% cocoa)
- 198.44 g butter (diced)
- 29.58 ml brandy
- 113.39 g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 egg yolks
- 7.39 ml vanilla extract
- 70.87 g plain flour
directions
- Pre-heat the oven to Gas Mark 6 / 200°F/400°F (if cooking straight away).
- Melt the chocolate, butter and brandy over simmering water in a heatproof bowl, stirring well.
- While the chocolate is melting, whisk the sugar, eggs, egg yolks and vanilla until the mixture doubles in volume and ribbons (use the mixture to make a figure of eight and if the beginning of the 8 has vanished back into the mixture by the time you're at the end of the 8 then keep mixing!).
- Pour the melted chocolate around the edges of your sugar and egg mixture and sift the flour over the top. Fold together carefully with a metal spoon. BE PATIENT and BE CAREFUL - it may take time but it's important you do it right.
- Put the mixture in well greased ramekins and either --
- -- Cook straight away in the oven for 12 minutes.
- -- Refrigerate and cook later from chilled for 14 minutes.
- -- Freeze and cook when ready from frozen for 15 minutes.
- Leave to stand for a couple of minutes. The puddings should be firm to touch but will be fantastic and gooey on the inside! Mmmmmmmm!
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Reviews
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The hardest part in making this recipe is keeping the partially cooked puddings in the fridge and freezer without having anyone try and eat them before they're ready! I used 60% chocolate (sorry, that's what was in the house) and melted everything in the microwave instead of over simmering water, but aside from that didn't change anything else. Oh, wait, I used margarine because I wanted these to be non-dairy. This was a perfect dessert for a festive Friday night Sabbath dinner. The gooey middle is divine!
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