Monday, December 21, 2020

Chocolate pot creme

 If you grew up eating chocolate pudding; you want this recipe, it is ten times better than any pudding recipe, lol!  Your family will thank afterwards for making this delicious classic dessert! 

 

Chocolate Pot Crème

Yield: 6 to 8

Ingredients                                                                                                                        Amounts

High-quality semisweet chocolate, chopped                                                                      9 ounces

Whole milk                                                                                                                         1 1/2 cups

Heavy cream                                                                                                                       1 1/2 cups

Egg yolks                                                                                                                             6 large

Granulated sugar (add an extra tablespoon if using bitter chocolate)                                 5 tablespoons

Salt                                                                                                                                      1/4 teaspoon

Confectioners' sugar                                                                                                           1 tablespoon

Method:

1.       Place the chocolate in a blender. Whisk the milk, 1 cup cream, egg yolks, granulated sugar and salt in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a heatproof spatula, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the spatula and almost boiling, 5 to 6 minutes.

2.       Immediately pour the milk mixture over the chocolate in the blender. Cover and hold the lid with a thick kitchen towel; blend until combined and smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the blender as needed. Divide the chocolate mixture among ramekins or small cups and refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.

3.       Whip the remaining 1/2 cup cream and the confectioners' sugar with a mixer or in the blender until soft peaks form. Top the chilled pots de crème with whipped cream.

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