Chocolate Souffle

Ingredients

• 4 ozs. Van Houten's chocolate
• 1 07,. flour
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla essence
• ^ oz. sugar
• 1 oz. butter
• 3 yolks of eggs
• 4 whites of eggs
• 1 gill milk

Method

1. 1

   Grate the chocolate and mix it with the milk; boil it till quite smooth.

2. 2

   Melt the butter and flour and stir them till smooth; add the chocolate and milk, mix well, boil them, and then take them off the fire.

3. 3

   Add the yolks of eggs one by one, then the essence.

4. 4

   Whip the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, and add them lightly.

5. 5

   Turn this mixture into a prepared tin, and steam three-quarters of an hour to an hour.

6. 6

   Turn it out, and pour custard sauce round the souffle.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The exhibition cookery book (1900) by Expert chef, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE 4 ozs. Van Houten's chocolate 1 07,. flour 1 teaspoonful vanilla essence ^ oz. sugar 1 oz. butter 3 yolks and 4 whites of eggs 1 gill milk Grate the chocolate and mix it with the milk ; boil it till quite smooth. Melt the butter and flour and stir them till smooth; add the chocolate and milk, mix well, boil them, and then take them off the fire. Add the yolks of eggs

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