1 cup high-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
1.Butter a soufflé dish and dust lightly with sugar,tapping out excess sugar. 2.Preheat your oven to 430F. 3.In a medium size pot, place your chopped chocolate and then Melt your chocolate and stir until smooth. Becareful not to burn it! When melted turn off the heat. 4.Then Whisk the butter into the hot melted chocolate; add yolks and combine well. 5.In a seperate bowl beat the 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 buttered 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. |