Friday, July 16, 2010

Chocolate Souffle!!



I know it took me a while to make a post, but I hate hopping around Manju Akka, our cook, while she's busy cooking up dinner. Today, I got ahead of the game and cooked before she arrived. I still have to get used to the schedule here. I decided to make chocolate souffle, as it was gloomy and cloudy; perfect weather for a gooey chocolate treat. The outside is a crusty, chocolate shell, and the inside is melt in the mouth and absolutely delicious. So here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 1/3 cup of sugar, plus a little extra for dusting
  • Butter for greasing the cups
  • 1/4 cup of Melted chocolate
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Directions:
  • Grease 4 teacups with butter and dust with sugar

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  • Beat the egg yellows, while gradually adding sugar. The egg yolks must become thick and pale yellow. You might have to beat it for about 10 minutes. 




  • Add melted chocolate to the mixture and mix for a few minutes. 

  • Make sure the beater or whisk is completely clean and dry before whisking the egg whites.
  • Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a separate bowl. The egg whites must become stiff and stand up in peaks.

  • Gently stir in the egg whites into chocolate and egg yellow mixture. Make sure you don't stir it too quickly as the mixture needs to be fluffy and light. 


  • Pour the mixture into the 4 teacups and bake at 190 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. 

  • Done!

3 comments:

  1. Souffle in a teacup! Now thats a novel idea (not my cup of tea though!)I normally have bad luck with souffles-they turn out runny and the texture is all wrong. I guess mixing the egg white in slowly is the trick. Will definitely try this out. Normally your recipes are a surefire success-so I should pass this time!

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  2. Great to see you're back to blogging and cooking, Ammu! As always, it looks delicious. Hi to Sandeep.

    Take care,
    Suju

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  3. wow. that looks so well done. i will try this one this sunday! i know i will never succeed in getting the souffle texture so perfect! hope ur having more fun cooking back in blore!
    x
    dags!

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