Sweet recipes in mini-cocotte: Chocolate coulant and a delicious mug cake!

Today we're bringing out the big guns! With a delicious and indulgent chocolate coulant , or with a recipe as easy and quick as mug cakes , you're sure to be a hit on a daily basis... Or when you have guests at home! These are two very easy but super-effective recipes that you can prepare in the beautiful Le Creuset mini-cocottes .

You can see how to prepare them on our YouTube channel ( here is the video ).

Chocolate coulant

Ingredients (for 6 mini-cocottes )

• 120gr of melting chocolate (Nestlé desserts)
• 140gr of butter
• 3 eggs
• 70gr of flour
• 60gr of sugar

Preparation

1. Start by brushing the mini-cocottes with a little melted butter. Let dry. Sprinkle flour on the mini-cocotte to coat the inside and sides, and shake to remove excess flour.

2. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bain-marie or in the microwave.

3. Beat the eggs with the help of a mixer, until they have at least tripled in volume (Sabayon).

4. Next, add the melted chocolate to the sabayon with the help of a spatula, using circular movements until obtaining a homogeneous mixture.

5. Add the sifted flour with the sugar little by little to the previous dough.

6. Fill the mini cocottes ¾ full of chocolate mixture and leave to rest for 20 minutes in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

7. After 20 minutes, remove the mini-cocottes from the refrigerator and bake the chocolate coulants for about 10 minutes at 180ºC, then remove from the oven and serve.

You can accompany the coulant with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or simply sprinkle it with icing sugar.

Note: The coulant must be cooked on the outside and liquid on the inside.

Chocolate cream mug cake

A mug cake is a quick cake that has become very popular in recent times. It simply consists of putting the ingredients in a small container or cup, and baking it in the microwave in record time, in 1 to 3 minutes. The usual way, as its name suggests, is to make it in mugs, but we have opted to make it in mini-cocottes, given their beautiful presentation.

Ingredients (for 4 mugs or mini-cocottes ):

• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons of chocolate spread (Nutella or Nocilla type)
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of milk
• 3 tablespoons of flour
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of liquid cream
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1. Melt the butter in the microwave.

Now it's time to add all the ingredients, mix them together and put the mixture in the microwave. You can do this by dividing the proportional part into each cup or mini-cocotte, which is actually the usual thing when you make a mug cake, and mix it directly there, or as we did, add the ingredients to a bowl and mix everything, then fill each of the cups or mini-cocottes.

2. In a bowl, put the melted butter with the egg, beat well with a fork and add the sugar with the chocolate cream.

3. Add the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. Mix again.

4. Finally, pour the milk with the cream and vanilla extract .

5. Stir well until you get a homogeneous and creamy texture.

6. Fill the mini-cocottes 3/4 full and cook them one by one in the microwave at maximum power for 1 minute and a half.

7. Remove the mug cake from the microwave and decorate with a little icing sugar sprinkled on top.

8. Allow to cool slightly and serve the delicious mug cake.

You can also prepare these mug cakes in their most common form, in cups or mugs .

I must confess that the coulant was spectacular, and these chocolate mug cakes were also addictive. I definitely invite you to try them at home. Enjoy!

Recipes made with Stéphane Poussardin, in his Atélier