Hot Rum Souffle

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 ounces baking chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups hot milk
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons dark jamaica rum
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 pinch salt
• 5 egg whites
• 1 cup whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 prepare a 1 1/2 quart souffle dish by buttering and sugaring the dish and the top third of a paper collar**.
• 3 melt chocolate in 1/2 cup milk. add remaining milk. melt butter and stir in flour and sugar. add hot chocolate mixture gradually and stir over a low heat until the mixture starts to boil. remove from the heat. add rum.
• 4 beat egg yolks.
• 5 stir in 2 tablespoons of the chocolate mixture. add remainder of chocolate mixture.
• 6 cool.
• 7 fold in stiffly beaten egg whites taking care not to overmix.
• 8 bake in a prepared souffle dish at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 9 dust heavily with sifted confectioner's sugar and serve immediately with whipped cream.
• 10 **souffle dish.
• 11 to prepare your souffle dish: butter the souffle dish and sprinkle sugar all around the bottom and sides. tear off a piece of wax paper large enough to encircle the dish and allow a 2" overlap. tie it around the outside of the dish with a piece of string. fold the paper in half length ways. butter and sprinkle the top third of the paper with sugar.