Chocolate Rum Pots - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces dark chocolate (70% or higher)
4 eggs, separated
1/3 cup superfine sugar
4 tablespoons dark rum
4 tablespoons heavy cream

Preparation

Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in the microwave for 2-3 minutes and let cool slightly.
Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar in a bowl until very pale and fluffy.
Drizzle the chocolate into the egg yolk and sugar mixture and fold together with the rum and cream.
Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until standing in soft peaks.
Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture with a metal spoon.
Divide into 6 individual ramekins and let chill for at least 2 hours before serving.