Chocolate Fondant Dessert

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 90g Caster Sugar
  • 150g Unsalted Butter plus extra for greasing
  • 150g Dark Chocolate (70% Cocoa Solids)
  • 3 Free Range Egg Yolks
  • 3 Free Range Eggs
  • 1 tbsp Plain Flour

Method

  • Pre-heat the oven to 165 degrees celsius (fan-assisted oven), or equivalent.
  • Using the extra butter, grease four large ramekins, or dariole moulds and set aside.
  • Chop the butter into small cubes and break up the chocolate.
  • Place the caster sugar, butter and chocolate into a heatproof bowl, over a pan of simmering water. The water must not touch the bowl.
  • Simmer gently, until the butter and chocolate have melted and then remove the bowl from the pan.
  • Whisk the melted ingredients together.
  • Add the egg yolks and the whole eggs and beat well, into the chocolate mixture once it is cool.
  • Fold the flour into the chocolate mixture with a metal spoon.
  • Pour the mixture into the ramekins, or dariole moulds and fill up to three quarters of the moulds.
  • Place the moulds into the fridge for about 20 minutes and once chilled remove from the fridge and place onto a baking tray. 
  • Cook for 10 minutes and then remove from the oven.
  • These can either be served straight in the ramekin, or if you have made them in a dariole mould, you can turn them out onto individual plates.
  • Serve with double cream, whipped cream or clotted cream.

Tips

  • If you want to make these in advance, just keep them in the fridge and then remove 30 minutes before cooking them in the oven.
  • When you place your spoon into the chocolate fondant, it should have a melting molten middle.
  • If you're making this dessert for just two people, then by all means halve the recipe, alternatively, have the extra two for breakfast!