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Chocolate Soufflé Recipe
by Daniel Clifford
6
45 minutes
Ingredients

Chocolate soufflé

  • 500ml of milk
  • 50g of cocoa powder
  • 6 eggs
  • 270g of caster sugar
  • 40g of plain flour
  • 35g of cornflour
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • salt
  • dark chocolate, to coat the ramekin
  • butter, to coat the ramekin
  • cocoa powder
Method
1
Place the milk in a saucepan and slowly bring to the boil
  • 500ml of milk
2
Separate the eggs and mix the egg yolks with 150g of the sugar to form a paste. Keep the egg whites to one side
  • 6 eggs
  • 150g of caster sugar
3
Sift the flour, cornflour and cocoa into the mixture and combine thoroughly
  • 40g of plain flour
  • 35g of cornflour
  • 50g of cocoa powder
4
Remove the milk from the heat and slowly incorporate it into the egg mixture. Once combined, place the mixture over a low heat and gently cook, stirring regularly, until thickened. Pass through a sieve to remove any lumps – this is the crème pâtissière base
5
To make the soufflé, whip up the 6 egg whites and gradually add the remaining sugar, a touch of lemon juice and a pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • salt
  • 120g of caster sugar
6
Preheat the oven to 185°C/gas mark 4
7
Beat the crème pâtissière until it's smooth, then gently fold two spoonfuls of the egg white into the the crème pâtissière, then add the mixture to the remaining egg whites and gently fold together with a whisk
8
Butter the ramekin well, and using a microplane dust the inside of the ramekins with grated chocolate. Pour in the soufflé mixture, and flatten the top of the soufflé. Run your thumb around the top of the ramekin to clean the edge and create a small dent in the mixture to aid the rise
  • dark chocolate, to coat the ramekin
  • butter, to coat the ramekin
9
Bake the soufflés for approximately 12 minutes until risen. Dust with cocoa powder and serve immediately
  • cocoa powder