Chocolate Walnut Souffle

This souffle has both walnuts & chocolate in it, so it is not for the timid chef.

(If you want to test your skills make it on a boat, I'll brag a little - I did and it did not collapse)

CUSTARD

1/2

Cup

Sugar

Mix together in a saucepan

1/2

Cup

Flour

1/2

Tsp

Salt

1 1/2

Cups

Light Cream

Add Cream & Stir cook over a low flame

5

ea

Egg yolks

Mix in some hot custard in yolks then add

1

tsp

Vanilla

Add the vanilla

4

oz

Bittersweet Chocolate

Melt Choclate slowly into custard

MERANGUE

8

ea

Egg Whites

n a grease free bowl Whisk egg whites

1

dsh

Granulated Sugar

add sugar as you go to firm

SOUFFLE MIX

 

 

 

Combine some of the egg whites with custard

 

 

 

Fold in the balance

1/2

Cup

Crushed Walnuts

Add walnuts to mixture

ASSEMBLY 

1

chk

Butter

Rub souffle dish with butter

2

Tbl

Sugar

Sprinkle with sugar until coated

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 400

 

 

 

Put mixture in dish

 

 

 

Bake 10 minutes @ 400

 

 

 

Bake 15 minutes @ 425

1

dsh

Powered Sugar

Sprinkle top with Powered Sugar

 

 

 

Bake 2 minutes more

TOPPING 

1

cup

Whipping Cream

Whip the Cream

 

 

Sugar

Add to firm the cream 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serve with whipped cream.