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Easy Pistachio Chocolate Lava Cakes

Pistachio Chocolate Lava Cakes are individual molten desserts with a rich dark chocolate shell and a luscious pistachio white chocolate center. 
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Author: Sandra Myers

Ingredients

For the Pistachio Lava Center

  • ½ cup white chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup pistachio paste
  • 1 tablespoon heavy cream
  • Pinch of salt

For the Chocolate Lava Cake

  • ½ cup 115g unsalted butter
  • 4 oz 115g dark chocolate (60–70%), chopped
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ⅓ cup 70g granulated sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • Cocoa powder
  • Chopped pistachios

Instructions

  • Melt white chocolate with cream, stir in pistachio paste and salt. Freeze in 6 portions until firm.
  • Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C). Butter and dust 6 ramekins with cocoa.
  • Melt butter with dark chocolate. Whisk eggs, yolks, sugar, and salt until pale. Mix in chocolate, fold in flour.
  • Fill ramekins with batter, add frozen pistachio center, cover with more batter.
  • Bake 11–13 mins. Rest 1 min, loosen edges, invert, garnish, serve warm.