Soufflé Leia

I saw an easy chocolate soufflé recipe online, complete with video how-to, and thought what a great project for Leia. 

And it was!

Lots of firsts and skill-builders for her, from sugaring the ramekin

to separating the eggs - she loved it! - 

scalding milk, melting chocolate,

then beating (and beating and beating) egg whites

until those pretty peaks formed (“this is boring . . .”),

before gently folding everything together

and putting it in the oven. 

The final result wasn’t especially pretty* but Pop and I thought it was delicious. 

 

 *You may notice the ramekin is a teeny tiny bit too full as it went into the oven -  not sure if my new dish is the wrong size or what - but oh what a mess it made while baking.

We got the windows open and fans set up before the smoke alarms went off, but it was a very near thing.