Nigella’s recipe from “How to Eat” is one of those recipes you can rustle up from nothing, as long as you have a well-stocked chocolate cupboard. It’s the easiest, most forgiving and undeservingly impressive dinner party pud ever. You can mix it all up hours before and leave it in the bowl until you’re ready to bake and serve. You can even put the mixture into ramekins, uncooked, and freeze until you want them. Defrost for a couple of hours before baking.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and grease 4-5 ramekins with butter. Melt 125g good dark chocolate and 125g butter in the microwave. About a minute to 90 seconds should do it, but pause and check often. Stir gently until smooth and beautiful.
In a separate bowl, whisk 150g golden caster sugar with 3 large eggs.
Combine the 2 bowls, beat together and then stir in 35g plain flour, a tiny amount.
When you’ve finished your main course and you feel like you could eat again, divide the mixture into 4-5 ramekins and bake hot for 8-10 minutes until they are well risen and cracked on top. Serve with sprinkled icing sugar and single cream.
Adapted very slightly from Nigella Lawson “How to Eat.”
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Oh my goodness, that looks amazing!
And so simple! Got to love it!
Wow – these look incredible!
I know! I’d been following a really elaborate recipe for a similar pud until a good friend pointed out this recipe to me – it’s a real find!
oh my do these look good..i just love nigella..i think i have everything to make these in the pantry..might be a good st.pattys day treat! thanks for sharing… lovely post..sarah
Thank you! And we always seem to have a few bars of chocolate in the cupboard so it’s handy!
So nice to find your blog and thank you for finding mine. I love these gooey chocolaty puddings. Nigella has always been one of my favorites, her recipes are simply delicious!!
I feel just the same! I get more hits for Nigella’s puddings than for any of mine! Looking forward to reading more of your recipes.
Gooey and chocolate– perfect! Thanks for the recipe… Fun to find your blog. I’ll be reading along…
It’s always nice to have a pudding recipe that’s so quick and easy, you can rustle it up after the main course if you have room!