Simple Chocolate Souffle

9 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • butter, and
  • sugar, for coating the souffle dishes
  • 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon Kahlua
  • 12 tablespoon butter
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 pinch cream of tartar
  • 1 pinch salt

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter 2 1-cup souffle dishes and sprinkle with sugar.
  2. 2
    In a metal bowl over a pot of hot, but not simmering, water melt the chocolate, stirring until smooth.
  3. 3
    Remove bowl from heat and whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time.
  4. 4
    Whisk in the kaluha and butter.
  5. 5
    In a bowl with an electric mixer beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and a pinch of salt until they hold stiff peaks.
  6. 6
    Stir one fourth of the whites into the chocolate mixture and then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.
  7. 7
    Spoon the mixture into 2 1-cup souffle dishes that have been buttered and sprinkled with sugar.
  8. 8
    Bake the souffles on a baking sheet in the middle of the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are puffed and firm-looking on top.

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