Soft Centred Chocolate Puddings

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 185 g dark chocolate
• 185 g butter, plus
• extra butter, for greasing
• 3 eggs, plus
• 3 extra egg yolks
• 6 tablespoons caster sugar
• 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• cocoa powder, for dusting
• creme fraiche, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 230°c.
• 2 break the chocolate into a heat proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
• 3 add the butter and leave to melt.
• 4 in a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, yolks and sugar until thickened.
• 5 whisk in the melted chocolate mixture, then sieve over the flour and quickly fold together.
• 6 divide the mixture between 6 buttered molds or ramekins.
• 7 bake the puddings for 6 minutes until the outside is set but the centre is soft.
• 8 turn each pudding on to a plate, then gently lift off the moulds.
• 9 place a spoonful of creme fraiche on top of each putting and dust with cocoa.
• 10 serve immediately.