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Chocolate fondant

Recipe by Elisa Prioli · Food Immersions

Chocolate fondant: recipe photograph from the Emozioneolio archive

Ingredients:

  • 160 g extra-dark 72% chocolate
  • 2 eggs + 1 yolk, 80 g butter
  • 10 g unsweetened cocoa
  • 20 g type 00 flour
  • 70 g muscovado sugar
  • muscovado sugar for the moulds, as needed
  • Emozioneolio – OPUS extra virgin olive oil

Preparation:

  1. Melt the dark chocolate in a bain-marie, then add the butter.
  2. Stir until fully combined. Meanwhile, beat the eggs and yolk with the sugar and unsweetened cocoa.
  3. Add the sifted flour and beat for about 10 minutes to obtain a light, voluminous mixture.
  4. Finally add the melted chocolate and butter, continuing to stir until all the ingredients are well combined.
  5. Butter 6 aluminium moulds and coat with a sprinkling of muscovado sugar.
  6. Bake in a preheated conventional oven at 180° for about 13/15 minutes.
  7. Serve with a drizzle of OPUS blend Emozioneolio extra virgin olive oil.
Recipe and photographs from the Emozioneolio archive, in collaboration with Elisa Prioli — Food Immersions.

The pairings shown are those of the original recipe. For the oils currently available, see Our oils.