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Ingredients: --------------- 100g dark chocolate 150g white chocolate 3 dl cream 4 raspberries 4 mint leaves Method: ---------- Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a casserole dish set over a saucepan and barely simmering water, stirring occasionally. Brush 4 moulds with melted chocolate. Place in refrigerator and leve the chocolate to set. Remove from the refrigerator and brush again with melted chocolate (melt again if chocolate had harden). Leave again to chill in fridge. Once the chocolate has set, gently remove the moulds and set the chocolate baskets aside. Break the white chocolate into pieces and melt in a casserole dish set over simmering water and stir. Whip the cream with electric mixer in a chilled mixing bowl, add melted white chocolate by fiolding with a spoon. Fill the dark chocolate baskets with the white mousse and place a washed and dried raspberry and a mint leave on each basket. Place in fridge and leave to set for 3 hours and se...

Makes 20 cakes Ingredients: * 1 lb. chocolate (we used those chocolate chips you buy for cookies) * 1 lb. butter * 5 oz sugar * 4 oz sifted flour * 10 eggs * 10 egg yolks * 20 aluminum tins (butter & floured)* * Powdered sugar for dusting at the end How to Prepare Molten Chocolate Cakes: Set up a double boiler by putting a large stainless steel mixing bowl over a pot of simmering water. You can buy a double boiler, but it is just as easy to set one up using the pans you already own. Just make sure that no water can splash up and get into the chocolate. Melt the butter and chocolate in the double boiler using a spatula to keep the chocolate from burning while you are combining the two ingredients. You want the consistency at the end to be silky. While the chocolate is melting, whip the sugar, eggs and egg yolks together in a kitchen aid mixer until it triples in volume. Once the eggs and sugar reach triple volume, slowly fold in the melted chocolate using...

Equipment ============= stand or hand mixer with whip attachment heavy saucepan 2 ½ quart soufflé dish, or individual ramekins large silicone spatula, for folding INGREDIENTS =============== * 3 tablespoons all purpose flour * 3 tablespoons unsalted butter * ½-1 teaspoon salt, to taste * 1 1/2 cups milk * 12 oz bittersweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped * 1/2 cup brewed strong coffee * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract * 1/2 cup granulated sugar, divided * 5 egg yolks * 7 egg whites * Confectioners sugar PREP WORK ============= Make ahead: -------------- Get all the ingredients together and prepare the coffee, make sure the chocolate is chopped. Make the base and chill up to a day before. The Day of Baking: ====================== Preheat oven to 375ºF. Coat the inside of the baking dish with butter and sugar. HOW TO MAKE AT HOME ------------------- Make ahead: Melt butter in a sauce pot over medium heat, whisk in flour, salt and then milk and cook u...

Ingredients: -------------------- 3 Tbl. all purpose flour 3 Tbl. unsalted butter 1 1/2 cups milk 12 oz bittersweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped 1/2 cup brewed strong coffee 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 cup granulated sugar 5 egg yolks 7 egg whites Garnish - Fresh Strawberries Method: ------------ Preheat oven to 375º. Melt butter in a sauce pot over low heat, whisk in flour and milk and cook until it thickens. Stir in chocolate and stir constantly until it's melted. Remove from heat and add coffee, vanilla, and half the sugar. One at a time, add the egg yolks while whisking constantly. Butter a 2-2 1/2 quart soufflé or 8 individual ramekins. In a perfectly clean and dry bowl , whisk the egg whites to soft peaks and gradually whisk in the remaining sugar and continue to whisk until the peaks stiffen. Gently fold the egg whites into the soufflé base and pour into the prepared baking dish(es). Bake for 35 - 40 minutes until the soufflé rises 2 inch...

Ingredients ---------------- (makes three 6-oz cakes) - 100g dark chocolate, cut to small cubes - 100g unsalted butter, cut to small cubes - 2 eggs - 50g caster sugar - 20g self-raising flour To decorate (optional) ---------------------- - icing sugar and small sieve - berries - vanilla ice cream Directions ----------- 1. Melt dark chocolate and butter using either the microwave (see cooking note 3), a hot water bath or a double boiler (note: do not use direct stove heat or the ingredients will burn). 2. In a large bowl, use an electric whisk (you can whisk by hand too but it’s more tedious) to beat the eggs and sugar till the mixture turns pale and frothy. This will take a few minutes. 3. Pour melted chocolate/butter you prepared in step 1, into the egg mixture prepared in step 2. Stir in the flour. Use a spatula to mix everything evenly. 4. Grease your ramekins with some melted butter (so that the cake will come off cleanly when it is baked). Fill the...