Saturday, February 1, 2014

Dessert Recipe: Mini Chocolate Mi-Cuits


Preparation time: 10 min

Baking time: 7 to 9 min


Ingredients:

For 4 mini chocolate mi-cuits

-          70g dark chocolate

-          55g butter

-          3 tbsp liquid cream

-          1 tbsp flour

-          1 tbsp cornstarch

-          25g brown sugar

-          1 egg

-          1 tbsp vanilla extract

 
1-      Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Coat the inside of the mini ceramic oven-proof ramekins with butter, and sprinkle them with flour to prevent the batter from sticking. Remove the excess of flour.  
2-      Mix the eggs, and the brown sugar with the vanilla extract, and beat them for 3-4 minutes. Add the flour, and the cornstarch, and continue mixing.
3-      Melt the chocolate, the butter, and the cream in a bain-marie (in a bowl over a pot of simmering water). Don’t stop stirring.
4-      Using an electric mixer, incorporate the melted chocolate to the eggs-sugar-flour mix until you get consistent batter.
5-      Divide the mixture among the prepared ramekins. Bake for 7 to 9 min. The mi-cuits should be soft to the touch. Wait for them to cool down a little, and then run a knife along the inside of each ramekin. Unmold.  Serve immediately, alone or with a scoop of ice cream.
 
P.S: the cooking time is the most important part of this recipe. Depending on the type of oven you have, the mi-cuits might need more time to bake. So keep an eye on them, and be patient! Don’t rush to take them out of the oven, for they will simple fall apart.
(adapted from the French recipe “le vrai mi-cuit au chocolat” in Mini moelleux et coeurs coulants, Marabout, 2011).

Enjoy!

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