Raspberry Chocolate Souffle

Raspberry Chocolate Souffle

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 6
Author: David Buckingham

Ingredients

  • butter for pans
  • sugar for pans
  • 3 tbsp butter softened
  • 3 1/2 tbsp pastry flour
  • 8 oz milk
  • 1 1/2 oz dark couverture chocolate
  • 1 1/2 oz cocoa powder
  • 5 egg whites divided
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 5 tbsp sugar
  • 6 oz raspberries

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  • Butter the pans and sprinkle with sugar.
  • Mix sugar and the butter into the flour and form a roll. Cut the roll into small pieces.
  • Heat the milk in a saucepan. Chop the chocolate and add along with the cocoa powder into the hot milk. Stir while heating. Once the chocolate is melted, bring to a boil and stir in the flour-butter pieces, until they make a homogeneous mass. Remove from heat and immediately and quickly stir in one egg white.
  • Pour the mass in a bowl and allow to cool until it is only lukewarm. Gradually stir in the egg yolks. Fold the remaining egg whites into the chocolate mixture.
  • Fill the pans with the mixture and add 3-4 raspberries each on top.
  • Place the pans in a pre-heated bowl of water (about 180°F). next place in the preheated oven and bake about 25 minutes, without opening the oven door. Serve hot from the oven.