Chocolate Lava Cakes With Pistachio Cream

Total Time: 54 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shelled dry roasted pistachios
• 1 3/4 cups sugar (divided)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 large eggs
• 5 large egg whites
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate (coarsely chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup reduced-fat milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• confectioners' sugar (optional)
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 chocolate lava cakes: spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• 2 place pistachios in a food processor and process until a crumbly paste forms.
• 3 this will create pistachio butter.
• 4 combine 1/4 cup of pistachio butter,1 1/4 cup sugar (you'll have 1/2 cup left over),cocoa, eggs, egg whites and place in a double boiler or heavy sauce pan.
• 5 stir well with a whisk and add bittersweet chocolate.
• 6 cook over low heat or simmering water until chocolate melts and sugar dissolves@ 3 minutes.
• 7 remove from heat and add baking powder and vanilla.
• 8 stir with a whisk until smooth.
• 9 spoon batter into muffin cups and chill for 2 hours.
• 10 pistachio butter: prepare pistachio butter while cakes are chilling.
• 11 place remaining 1/4 cup of pistachio butter and 1/2 cup sugar in a food processor.
• 12 pulse 3-4 times.
• 13 add milk and salt and process until smooth.
• 14 strain solids out of mixture into a small sauce pan.
• 15 bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for@ 4 minutes.
• 16 chill pistachio butter while cooking lava cakes.
• 17 preheat oven to 450°f.
• 18 bake cakes for 9 minutes or until almost set.
• 19 centers will be gooey.
• 20 let cool for 5 minutes.
• 21 invert cake on a dessert plate and spoon pistachio butter over cake.
• 22 may top with powdered sugar.