Photo: Chocolate Pots de Creme Recipe
Ingredients
- 9 ounces high-quality semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 6 large egg yolks
- 5 tablespoons granulated sugar (add an extra tablespoon if using bitter chocolate)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
Directions
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.
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.
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 creme with whipped cream.
Photograph by Kana Okada
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By chefintraining49
Ottawa, Ontario
on October 24, 2011
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This was soooo good !! I would make it again and again, but I don't think my clothes would fit me after awhile :-
As a quicks substitute, I used chocolate chips (no need to chop the chocolate and it turned out fantastic.
Note that as the recipe indicates, put a towel or some sort of cloth on top of the blender as that the liquid is quite hot and you may burn yourself.
I am passing this recipe to all my friends !
By Sarah@Appetite
Austin,TX
on May 21, 2011
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Hands down the easiest recipe! The texture is perfect! I added a little coffee liquer and vanilla extract for extra oomph, but I have cooked it before without them and it was still perfectly decadent!
By Wrangler Of Two...
CA
on January 28, 2011
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If you are a chocolate lover you will die for this recipe! It really is easy to make but pay attention to the recipe. The tricks are to make sure you cook it long enough (so you don't end up with a grainy texture and whip really well in the blender (so the whipped texture will hold up until it sets. The texture will come our heavenly and be worth your effort. Classy enough for dinner parties but so quick to whip up. Truly a keeper!
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