This is a light fluffy rich dark brown chocolate dessert with bubbles to prove its lightness. A chocolate soufflé recipe is a favorite with all "chocoholics". It is no wonder it is so good, especially when it is made the French way! Ooh la la! It is not the only French classic dessert though. There are many like French Chocolate Mousse, Light French Meringues, and Easy French Butter Biscuits.
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❤️About This Recipe
This chocolate soufflé recipe will make a wonderful dessert for your family and of course, it will be magnificent if you are entertaining but your family and friends should be seated at the table just as it is ready to come out of the oven as it will wait for no one!
This amazing chocolate dessert is on par with the famous French Easy Crème Brulée Recipe and traditional Noel Log Cake.
📝Ingredient Notes
The chocolate should be the best you can buy such as a good dark French or Belgian chocolate as this will give your finished dish the chocolate taste you want and not cheap chocolate which can be bitter and fatty. The same with the coffee you choose, just a small amount of good quality coffee.
🔢Instruction Notes
The basis of this recipe is the basic sauce, Bechamel Sauce to which you add your choice of flavors, this one being chocolate. Learn how to make a basic Soufflés, then come back here for this delicious chocolate Soufflé recipe.
🍷Wine Pairing
🤭Secrets
The secret is the whisking of the egg whites and the way they are folded into your sauce. Get some tips for making Soufflés and beating the egg whites and then incorporating them correctly into the sauce.
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❔FAQ
It is a baked egg dish where the egg whites are beaten stiff before incorporating into the sauce. In this case cocoa is added and a little sugar to make a delicious could like Chocolate Soufflé dessert.
A soufflé is quick to make and with a few techniques followed that are also easy, you will have a lovely, light dessert. Learn these techniques here at Making A Soufflé.
📖 Recipe
French Chocolate Soufflé Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- ½ cup 4 oz/100 gr sugar
- ¼ cup 1 oz/30 gr flour
- ½ cup 3 oz plain chocolate
- 2 tablespoons strong coffee
- 2 tablespoon 1 oz butter
- 1 cup ½ pint milk
- 5 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of cream of tartar
Instructions
- Butter your soufflé dish or tin and dust with flour - roll the tin around so that the flour coats the tin thoroughly and shake out any excess.
- Preheat oven to 375F/190C/Gas 5
- Break up the chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl with the coffee and allow to melt over a pan of simmering water.
- Melt the butter gently in a pan and add the flour, mixing thoroughly - a small balloon whisk is good for this purpose but a wooden spoon will do the job.
- Heat the milk in a pan until just below boiling and add the sugar.
- Add a little of the milk to the flour and butter mixture and continue mixing well, gradually adding all the milk.
- Remove from heat and beat in the melted chocolate, mixing well.
- Allow to cool.
- Whisk (or use electric beater for much quicker results) 5 egg whites in a very clean bowl (no grease whatsoever as it will prevent the eggs from beating up) with the salt and cream of tartar until it forms soft peaks.
- Sprinkle on one tablespoon of sugar and continue beating until it forms stiff peaks.
- Beat 3 egg yolks into the chocolate sauce.
- Mix a large spoonful of the egg white mixture into the chocolate sauce and mix well.
- Return the chocolate sauce to the egg white mixture and carefully fold it in with a large spoon.
- Pour the mixture into your prepared soufflé dish.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for about 30 minutes, the soufflé should have risen about an inch above the bowl. DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR BEFORE THIS or it will deflate.
- Now you can sprinkle the top with sugar and bake for a further 5 - 10 minutes.
- To test if it is cooked, plunge a thin knife into the side of your soufflé and if cooked it should come out clean.
- Serve it immediately either as it is or with a chocolate sauce or cream, ice-cream or creme fraiche.
- Enjoy your chocolate soufflé recipe!
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