This photo of a chocolate fondant was taped to Emilie’s fridge when I visited her in Paris last month, and when I walked into her kitchen the drool nearly spilled from my mouth.  Doesn’t this look like the yummiest thing ever? Don’t you just want to take a spoon and dip it into that melted chocolate center?

I asked her to translate the recipe for me into English so I could try to make it at home. And indeed this is one tasty dessert.  Not to mention, it’s ridiculously easy to make. A great treat to make if you find yourself needing a dessert with short notice.  All you need is some good dark chocolate lying around (which, if you know me, I always have in my kitchen)!

Here’s the recipe:

Moelleux au Chocolat:

-150 g black chocolate + 12 squares
-80 g of butter + a little nugget
-80 g of icing sugar
-2 tablespoons of flour
-4 eggs

Heat oven to 220°C. Butter 6 ramekins. Break up the chocolate and melt with the butter over a bain marie or in the microwave. Mix well with a whisk. Beat together the sugar and the eggs, add the flour and add the chocolate mixture. Pour the mixture into the ramekins until they are half full, then put 2 squares of chocolate in the mixture and then fill the ramekin up to the top. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes depending on your oven. Timing is everything! If you don’t leave the moelleux in long enough the chocolate in the middle will not have melted, if you leave them too long they will have become solid. It is an exciting 8-10 minutes! Some people put white chocolate squares in the middle of the moelleux instead of black chocolate to have a bit of a colour contrast…

Eat while hot, and enjoy!

For a printable version of this recipe, click here.

-Courtney