Recipe: Chocolate Fondant

Name: Chocolate Fondant
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 7 oz (200 g) dark chocolate 60%; 8 squares of the same chocolate; 7.75 oz (220 g) butter; 5.75 oz (160 g) caster sugar; 4.25 oz (120 g) flour; 4 eggs

By chef patrick Asfaux 4.91/5 (155 reviews) · 🍳 88 made it

Recipe Chocolate Fondant - Chef Patrick Asfaux — Photo: Aftouch-cuisine

Prep 10 min

Cook 20 min

Total 30 min

Servings 8 serv.

All chocolate lovers around the world can thank Michel Bras and his pastry chef for creating, after countless experiments and trials, this chocolate fondant in their restaurant in Laguiole. This very dessert has now become part of French culinary heritage.

Ingredients for 8 servings

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servings

7 oz (200 g) dark chocolate 60%
8 squares of the same chocolate
7.75 oz (220 g) butter
5.75 oz (160 g) caster sugar
4.25 oz (120 g) flour
4 eggs

Step-by-step directions

1 Preheat your oven to 430°F (220 °C) (gas mark 7).

2 In a bowl over a bain-marie, melt the chocolate as quickly as possible and add the butter, then remove from heat and let cool.

3 Whisk the eggs and sugar until the mixture becomes pale yellow, then add the flour stirring with a spatula and, finally, fold in the chocolate mixture gently.

4 Fill your small flexible molds (or non-stick molds) halfway up.

5 Place 1 square of chocolate in each mold, then add the remaining batter.

6 Bake for 15 minutes and wait another 15 minutes before turning them out.

This recipe has a big advantage over others: these cakes can be eaten either cold or hot, so you can prepare them ahead and heat them in the microwave for 10 seconds when you're ready to serve dessert.

Furthermore, you can make variations: for example, buy eight chocolate truffles, freeze them for an hour and place them instead of the chocolate squares. You can also use white chocolate squares, and so on.