Chocolate Soufflé
2 ozs. butter 2 ozs. fine flour ¹⁄₂ pint milk 1 oz. sugar 2 ozs. powdered chocolate 4 eggs ¹⁄₂ tea-spoon vanilla
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the flour. Mix until quite smooth. Add the boiling milk[Pg 63] gradually and stir together into a smooth paste. Strain through a sieve into a basin. Add the vanilla, sugar and chocolate. Add the well-beaten yolks when the mixture is nearly cold, and then the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Mix thoroughly and pour into a buttered mould. Steam for about an hour and a half.