Chocolate Lava Puddings Recipe

Cooking Time

15 minutes

Makes

12

Ingredients

• 125g butter
• 350g dark chocolate, chopped
• 4 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 3/4 cup almond meal
• 4 eggwhites
• 2 x 100g block of soft-centred dark chocolate
• cocoa powder, to serve
• thick cream or ice-cream, to serve

Method

1. Grease a 12 x 3/4-cup capacity muffin or friand pan.
2. Melt butter with chocolate over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring. Cool.
3. Beat egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until pale. Add warm chocolate mixture and almond meal. Gently fold with a large metal spoon.
4. Beat eggwhites until soft peaks form. Add remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until combined. Fold into chocolate mixture in 2 batches, using a metal spoon.
5. Half-fill muffin pan with mixture. Top each with 2 pieces of soft-centred chocolate and remaining batter. Cover with plastic. Freeze for 1 hour or until is solid.
6. Preheat oven to 200°C. Remove plastic from moulds and place into hot oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until top is firm. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Sprinkle with cocoa and serve immediately with cream or ice-cream.

Source

Super Food Ideas – July 2003 , Page 73
Recipe by Janelle Bloom & Dixie Elliott