Amankora Chocolate Souffle

There are places where you don't expect to get a chocolate soufflé. One of these places is Bhutan. HOWEVER, if you stay at the Aman resort in remote Punakha, chocolate soufflé will grace your table at dinner, and at breakfast too, if you so desire (which I did).

Aman's talented pastry chef, Nicole Huisman, shared her incredible recipe with me, and I, in turn, share this delicate yet intensely flavorful creation with you:

Ingredients:

• 5 oz dark chocolate, melted (Lindt Tradition will do)
• 5 oz unsalted butter (not melted)
• 2 oz. flour
• 5 eggs
• 3 oz. confectioners sugar

Whisk butter, flour and icing sugar at high speed. Add eggs one by one and whisk at high speed. Then add melted chocolate. Pour into twp individual soufflé dishes and bake at 200F for 30 minutes. Serve piping hot (soufflé doesn't wait for anyone and will collapse without provocation). You can garnish it with confectioners sugar.

If Nicole can do this in Bhutan, so can we in our kitchens that aren't 15,000 ft. above sea level!