Chocohotopots
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, with 60 percent cocoa solids
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup superfine sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
- ****Butter the ramekins with 1 tablespoon butter.
- Either in a microwave or in a bowl suspended over a pan over simmering water, melt the dark chocolate and 1 stick butter, then set aside to cool a little.
- In another bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar and flour with a hand whisk and beat in the cooled butter and chocolate mixture.
- Divide the mixture between the 4 buttered ramekins.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, by which time the tops will be cooked and cracked and the chocolate gooey underneath.
- Place each ramekin on a small plate with a teaspoon and serve.
- Make sure to warn people that these desserts will be HOT!
- ****Special equipment: 4 (2/3 to 1-cup capacity) ramekins.
unsalted butter, unsalted butter, semisweet chocolate, eggs, superfine sugar, allpurpose
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocohotopots-208760 (may not work)