Serve with your favorite vanilla sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons all-pupose flour
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Butter and lightly flour 6-ounce ramekins. tap out excess flour. Set the ramekins on a baking sheet.
In a double broiler, over simmering water, melt the butter with the chocolate.
In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with the egg yolks, sugar and salt at high speed until thickened and pale.
Whisk the chocolate until smooth. quickly fold it into the egg mixture along with the flour.
Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins and bake for 12 minutes, or until the sides of the cakes are firm but the centers are soft. let the cakes cool in the ramekins for 1 minute, then cover each with an inverted dessert plate. Carefully turn each one over, let stand for 10 seconds and then unmold.
The batter can be refrigerated for several hours; bring to room temperature before baking.
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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: "Beyond Aphrodisiacs," Chef Manfred Krug
Submitted By: Marlen
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