France
Chocolate soufflé
Puffed, trembling, gone in minutes. The dessert that makes everyone wait at the table for once.
35 minTime
7 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayChocolate base lightened with meringue, baked to order.
The original332kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
35minutessame
Classic soufflé au chocolat.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
6 steps- 1Heat the oven to 200 C with a tray inside. Brush 4 ramekins with butter in upward strokes and coat with sugar.
- 2Melt the chocolate and butter gently. Cool slightly, then stir in the yolks and vanilla.
- 3Whisk the whites with salt to soft peaks, then add the sugar gradually until glossy and firm but not dry.
- 4Stir a third of the whites into the chocolate to loosen, then fold in the rest gently.
- 5Fill the ramekins to the top, level, and run a thumb round the rim. Bake on the hot tray 12 to 14 minutes.
- 6Dust with icing sugar and serve at once.
Serve it like this
Carry straight from oven to table on a saucer, dust with icing sugar and serve with a jug of cold cream to pour into the centre.