Melt in the middle chocolate pudding

Melt in the middle Chocolate Pudding

A light spongy rich chocolate pudding with molten chocolate sauce in the middle. What is not to love about that? I always thought these were hard to make and took a lot of time, however I was wrong. They are quick and easy to make and best of all they are the perfect chocolate lovers treat as they are very chocolaty and taste delicious! What more could you want?

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Recipe makes 2 puddings

 Ingredients:
2 dariole moulds

50g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing, softened

1 tbsp cocoa powder, for dusting

50g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), chopped into small chunks

1 egg, and 1 yolk

25g caster sugar

1 heaped tbsp plain flour

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200 fan. Grease 2 × 150ml dariole moulds, add the cocoa powder to one and then transfer to the other, turning it as you go until the mould is evenly coated. Repeat with the other mould, discarding the excess cocoa.







2. Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water with a pinch of salt.  Stir to combine and set aside to cool for 10 mins.

3. Whisk using an electric mixer or by hand, the egg, egg yolk and sugar until tripled in volume.  It should hold a trail for 2-3 seconds.  

4.  Sift over the flour and gently fold in.



5.  Loosen the melted chocolate with a little of the egg mixture, then in two batches carefully fold in the remainder.



6.  Divide the mixture between the moulds, clean edges if needed.

7.  Bake for 8 mins, until risen and a crust has formed on top, they should still have a slight wobble.



8.  Turn out onto plates and serve at once, dusted with cocoa powder and enjoy!!



 

Happy baking

Emily

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