Ready Time: 38 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 8 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup (110g) caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons plain-flour
- 1 tablespoon Dutch cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso
- 85g dark chocolate, chopped
- 50g unsalted butter, cubed
- 3⁄4 cup (180ml) full-fat milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs (60g each), separated
To serve
- Vanilla ice-cream, optional
- Fresh berries, optional
- Icing sugar, to garnish
Method
- Combine sugar, flour, cocoa and espresso in a large bowl.
- Melt chocolate and butter in a medium heat- proof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Remove from heat; stir in milk and vanilla. Whisk chocolate mixture into our mixture until well combined. Add egg yolks and stir until smooth.
- Whisk egg whites until medium peaks form. Gently fold egg whites through chocolate mixture.
- Place the six ramekins on the steamer tray and fill each evenly with batter. Cover steamer with the stainless steel steaming lid.
- Fill water tank up to the MAX fill line with cold tap water. Press the STEAM button to select HIGH. Press the arrow up to select 8 minutes. Press START.
- Serve puddings immediately, still warm, with vanilla ice-cream, fresh berries and icing sugar (if desired).