| Healthy Chocolate Souffle |
From "Ask DIY"
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Q: I would like to make a decadent dessert for a dinner party, but I'd like to make something that's not too fattening. Any ideas? A: (Dr. Gourmet, Tim Harlan M.D.) A rich chocolate cake may be enticing, but it may contain in excess of 580 calories per serving and 24 grams of fat. That amount of fat constitutes about 40 percent of the total fat your body needs for an entire day. But fear not. Here's a recipe for creating a sinfully delicious chocolate souffle that is -- believe it or not -- low-fat and low-calorie. In fact, this healthy chocolate souffle (figure A) contains about 150 calories per serving, and only about 6 grams of fat. The following recipe serves two. - Begin by making a chocolate sauce. First, add 1/2-cup of 2-percent milk to a saucepan. Add 1/2-cup of Dutch processed-cocoa.
- Add 1/4-cup of granulated sugar. (Some low-cal recipes call for using low-calorie sweeteners in place of sugar, but these typically don't make for very flavorful chocolate sauces.)
- Add 1/4-cup of very strong brewed coffee. If you like, you can substitute 1/4-cup of instant-coffee granules and 1/4 cup of water.
- Add about 1 tsp. of vanilla extract and about 1 tsp. of salt. A small amount of salt enhances the flavor of chocolate.
- Whisk the ingredients for about 1 minute over low heat (figure B).
- Add 1 tbsp. of flour, and continue whisking.
- Once the flour is well blended, turn off the heat and allow the chocolate sauce to begin cooling.
- While the sauce is cooling, butter the inside of your souffle dishes. Spread a thin film of butter around the inside of the dish, and then apply a light coating of granulated sugar (figure C). The butter and sugar will later caramelize as the dessert is cooked.
- Whip three egg whites until they have thickened to form stiff peaks.
- Tip: A copper mixing bowl is recommended, as the copper reacts with the egg whites to help stiffen them. If you don't have a copper bowl, use a glass or stainless bowl and achieve a similar result by adding a pinch of cream of tartar to the mixture. Make sure that the mixing bowl is scrupulously clean.
- Once the egg whites are whipped, add one ounce of high-quality grated semi-sweet chocolate (figure D) and carefully fold it into the mix.
- Scoop the egg-white mixture into the serving bowls (figure E) and bake them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 12 to 15 minutes -- until they rise. Be careful not to over-cook.
- Once they're done, remove the souffle from the oven, sprinkle the tops with powdered sugar, and drizzle the chocolate sauce over them as a topping. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
- An alternative to chocolate topping is an orange cream sauce.
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