Flavors of FrancePreparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: Very fast

Making the Chocolate Cake

1. Mix the soft butter and the melted chocolate.
2. Add the eggs and then the sugar and flour.
3. Place in molds 6 cm (2 1/4") in diameter and 4 cm (1 1/2") high. Bake at 200° C (400° F) for 8 minutes.

Making the Crème Anglaise

1. Bring the milk to a boil and infuse it with the Tonka bean.
2. Mix the egg yolk and sugar and add this mixture to the milk. Cook to 82° C (180° F). Strain.

Preparing the Roasted Apricots

1. Cut the apricots into quarters. Sauté them in butter with a little brown sugar.
2. Deglaze the pan with rum. Sprinkle with the pieces of roasted cocoa beans.

An Alsatian white * A late-harvest Alsatian Grain Noble from a major producer * Late-Harvest Gewürztraminer 1995, Charles St-Peret