Chocolate Fondante

Preparation

• 1
  Brush the silver cups with softened unsalted butter and keep aside.
• 2
  In a bowl, combine the chopped dark chocolate and softened butter and put it over a bain marie (use a glass bowl over a saucepan of boiling water) until melted.
• 3
  Meanwhile in a separate bowl, mix together whole eggs, egg yolks and castor sugar until fluffy. Do not over whisk.
• 4
  Pour the melted chocolate and butter mix over the eggs and whisk until incorporated.
• 5
  Sift the flour and fold it in the fondante mix. Pour the mix in the buttered cups until 3/4th of its quantity.
• 6
  Bake it in a pre-heated oven for eight minutes at 180 degrees centigrade. Place the warm fondante upside down in a small bowl.
• 7
  Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream next to the fondante. Garnish it with mint leaves on the vanilla ice cream.