Hot chocolate soufflés with chocolate cream sauce

Hot chocolate soufflés with chocolate cream sauce

Light as a feather, these chocolatey melt-in-the-mouth soufflés are sure to please

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Plus cooling

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7 and place a baking tray on the top shelf. For the sauce, heat the cream and sugar until boiling. Remove from the heat, stir in the chocolate and butter until melted, then keep warm.
  2. Brush 6 x 150ml ramekins with melted butter, sprinkle with the 2 tbsp caster sugar, then tip out any excess. Melt the chocolate and cream in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, cool, then mix in the egg yolks. Whisk the egg whites until they hold their shape, then add the sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, whisking back to the same consistency. Mix a spoonful into the chocolate, then gently fold in the rest.
  3. Working quickly, fill the ramekins, wipe the rims clean and run your thumb around the edges. Turn oven down to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6, place the ramekins onto the baking tray, then bake for 8-10 mins until risen with a slight wobble. Don't open the oven door too early as this may make them collapse.
  4. Once the soufflés are ready, dust with icing sugar, scoop a small hole from their tops, then pour in some of the hot chocolate sauce. Replace the lids and serve straight away.

Per soufflé

511 kcalories, protein 10.0g, carbohydrate 41.0g, fat 36.0 g, saturated fat 18.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 33.0g, salt 0.29 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2008.

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  • Binder photo soapy

    25 June 2008

    soapy commented on this recipe

    oh my gosh this soufle was A-Mazing! it was my first time making one and I didn't stuggel at all, I would really recomend trying it.

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  • Binder photo mini foodie

    01 September 2008

    mini foodie rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    this recipe was all right but to rich 4 me and that was just the souffle not the chocolate sauce as well

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  • Binder photo Jenny

    15 November 2008

    Jenny commented on this recipe

    Can I just ask before I try them, do I need to make them just before serving? As I'm hoping to take them to a friend's for dessert and am hoping I can just heat the sause there before pouring in and serving. Could this work or would the souffles have gone too hard my then?

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  • Binder photo Gem

    20 January 2009

    Gem rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    easy to make and delicious!!

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  • Binder photo Dan Russell

    01 May 2009

    Dan Russell rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic!! always worried about making this dish but the instructions were so easy to follow and they came out exactly as they should,nour guests were very impressed to say the least.. I did change the sauce for an orange version though that went very well. Rich, light and highly recommended.

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  • Binder photo Julie

    06 November 2009

    Julie commented on this recipe

    In the ingredients for the souffles, there is 2tbsp of double cream twice.........do I take it this is an error and it should only be there once?

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    20 March 2010

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  • Binder photo bobba_dwj

    11 October 2010

    bobba_dwj rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic - after trying a number of chocolate soufflé recipes, I finally tried this one and it has gone down very well a number of times. Haven't tried the sauce, as I've always found the soufflés on their own (with the left over cream!) are sufficient.

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  • Binder photo ivanfmoore

    04 December 2010

    ivanfmoore rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just cooked these for my wife and daughter.they turned out great! Though i wasnt too sure how long to leave the chocolate to cool before adding the yolks? they didnt mix very well as i let it cool for only a minute, was that too short/long? I guess i know in four hours time!!

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  • Binder photo hello

    19 December 2011

    hello rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    i remember making this, it was soo gooooodddd!!!!!!! try it really! by the way it's not that type where it oozes choclate if you don't do the sauce, it's like a mouse inside but soo good, make it!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Plus cooling

Light as a feather

Ingredients

FOR THE HOT CHOCOLATE SAUCE

  • 142ml pot single cream
  • 25g caster sugar
  • 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), broken into pieces
  • 25g butter

FOR THE SOUFFLÉS

  • melted butter , for greasing
  • 50g caster sugar , plus 2 tbsp extra
  • 175g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), broken into pieces
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 5 egg whites
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • icing sugar , to serve
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Per soufflé

511 kcalories, protein 10.0g, carbohydrate 41.0g, fat 36.0 g, saturated fat 18.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 33.0g, salt 0.29 g

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