Chocolate Souffle

A chocolate dessert that is lighter than air.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• 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.