Recipe of Chocolate Souffle - Food Recipes

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Chocolate Souffle

Recipe By : Ideal Home August 1997 - Forty 30-minute Recipes
Serving Size : 6
Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Chocolate Desserts Fast Food Hot New

Ingredients - Preparation Method:

30 g cornflour 30 g ground almonds 185 ml milk 1 tbsp strong black coffee 75 g dark chocolate -- broken into pieces 2 tsp caster sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tbsp coffee flavoured liqueur 4 egg whites 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 tbsp icing sugar -- sifted 1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Sift the cornflour and almonds together into a bowl and make a well in the centre. 2. Place the milk and coffee in a saucepan and bring to the boil over a medium heat. Slowly whisk the milk mixture into the almond mixture and continue whisking until smooth. Return mixture to saucepan and bring to the boil over a medium heat, stirring constantly. As soon as the mixture comes to the boil, remove pan from heat. 3. Stir chocolate and caster sugar into the mixture and continue stirring until chocolate melts. Whisk in the egg yolks and liqueur, cover, then set aside and keep warm. 4. Place egg whites in a bowl and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the brown sugar. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Whisk one third of the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture, then fold in remaining egg white mixture. 5. Pour soufflé mixture into a greased 20cm/8in soufflé dish and bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until well risen. Sprinkle the soufflé with icing sugar and serve immediately with fresh strawberries and cream. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -