Sorry it's taken me so long!

Simple Chocolate Souffle
25 g cornflour
250 ml milk
100 g good dark chocolate
50 g sugar
3 egg yolks
5 egg whites
1 tablespoon extra sugar, caster if available.

Mix cornflour to a thin paste with some of the milk.

Put the remaining milk in a saucepan with the chocolate and sugar, and stir over a gentle heat until the chocolate melts and the sugar dissolves.

Add cornflour paste carefully and bring mixture to boil to thicken, stirring continuously, then remove from heat.

Beat in egg yolks one by one, and leave mixture to cool slightly. (You can prepare in advance this far and if needed warm the mixture slightly before continuing.)

Beat egg whites until they begin to stand in soft peaks, then add extra sugar and beat until the mixture stands in stiff peaks but is not dry.

Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture, and immediately pour into greased and sugared 1 litre souffle dish, and bake at 190 degrees celsius for 40 - 45 minutes. Serve immediately.


As noted, it's mostly air so is not intensely chocolatey. If you want intensely chocolatey you need my ultimate chocolate cake recipe - that meets the spec! ('d have to check the exact recipe, but it's goes along the lines of 1 lb dark chocolate, 0.5 lb butter, eggs, a spoon of sugar and a spoon of flour, baked for about 15 minutes, then chilled in the tin and melted out of it. This cake will melt if left out on a warm day.... if anyone wants the recipe I am going to have to find it. Can't remember the ratio of chocolate to butter to egg.)