Chocolate Mini Melts - France

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 10 1/2 ounces chocolate, rich in cacao
• 1 cup butter
• 2/3 cup icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons ground almonds
• 6 eggs
• 7 dark chocolate squares
• 7 chocolate baking squares

Recipe

• 1 the night before, chill the squares of dark and chocolate in the freezer.
• 2 on cooking day, preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 3 melt the 10 1/2 oz chocolate either in a double boiler or in the microwave.
• 4 add the butter and the icing sugar, and blend this until you get a very smooth, thick consistency. divide this mixture into 2 and have it in 2 different bowls.
• 5 whip the flour and 3 eggs in one bowl.
• 6 whip the ground almonds and 3 eggs in another bowl.incorporate the flour-based mixture into one of the two chocolate mixtures; incorporate the almond-based mixture into the other bowl of chocolate.
• 7 each chocolate batter will make 7 little cakes, a total of 14. use muffin pans, or something shallower. they should be buttered. silicone pans will work well and should be lightly buttered.
• 8 from each chocolate bowl, pour the batter into 7 little recipients.
• 9 take the chocolate squares from the freezer, and place one in the center of each of the 14 cake batters.
• 10 put the pans on the middle rack of the oven, and cook for 12 - 15 minutes.
• 11 after they are out of the oven, let them cool, just enough to handle, before popping them out of their molds.
• 12 place them into paper cups. serve warm.