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INDIVIDUAL CHOCOLATE SOUFFLES RECIPES

This isn’t traditional chocolate souffle recipesand you may not find anything like it in most chocolate soufles recipes . Which believe me, even for a chef can be daunting. It is instead, chocolate soufflé for the timid. Fear of the fallen soufflé while eager guests await is the stuff of pure culinary nightmare, and enough to give even the calmest of us a bad case of the hives. This particular chocolate souffles recipes is a snap. It gets its leavening power from the flour, an ingredient not found in the
traditional French dish. So, I'm more than confident when I assure you, "It will rise."

Serves 2

3 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate
1/2 stick unsalted butter
2 large eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place a large baking pan in the center of the oven and fill with about an inch of boiling water to create a water bath.

Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and the butter in a double boiler, or even better, in the microwave for about 2 minutes on medium power. Stir until smooth and set aside to cool slightly.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl and set aside. Crack eggs into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and whisk on medium speed until foamy. Add the sugar and increase speed to medium high until mixture thickens and lightens in color, about 2 minutes. Stir in the melted chocolate mixture and then, by hand, gently fold in the dry ingredients.

Pour the batter into two ungreased 1 cup ramekins, just shy of the top. Place the ramekins in the baking pan and add more water if necessary to bring the water no higher than a third of the way up the sides.

Bake until the tops of the soufflés are slightly cracked and firm to the touch, roughly 30 to 40 minutes. Remove ramekins from the water bath and cool for 5 minutes. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and serve warm. This chocolate Souffles Recipes can be found in Dave's book titled Boy Eats World!