Chocohotopots
Happy Valentine’s Day ♥! If you’re worrying about what to make for your loved one(s) today, might I just say, I have just what you need: Chocohotopots! An elaboration on the name: it’s basically melted chocolate, that you eat hot and serve in a pot! There are two ways I like my chocolate; either it has to be cold and the bar makes that snapping sound when you break it, or it has to be melted, and this recipe applies to the latter. Such a fabulous recipe and it is sooo easy to make, honestly. Plus, chocolate and Valentine’s Day belong together like peanut butter & jelly! Rating: 5 out of 5.Chocohotopots recipe: Nigella Lawson
Ingredients:
- 1 stick + 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, with 60 percent cocoa solids
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup superfine sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Instructions:
- Place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
- Butter the ramekins with 1 tablespoon butter.
- Either in a microwave or in a bowl suspended over a pan over simmering water, melt the dark chocolate and 1 stick butter, then set aside to cool a little.
- In another bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar and flour with a hand whisk and beat in the cooled butter and chocolate mixture. Divide the mixture between the 4 buttered ramekins. Bake for about 20 minutes (reading reviews, I came to find that the baking time is too long, so I baked them for 13 to 15 minutes which worked out perfectly), by which time the tops will be cooked and cracked and the chocolate gooey underneath.
- Place each ramekin on a small plate with a teaspoon and serve. Make sure to warn people that these desserts will be HOT!
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Love, Chani