Remember My-T-Fine chocolate pudding? It's the ultimate comfort food. Well, I like to take something familiar and bump up the flavor with high-quality ingredients. This pudding gets its flavor from good cocoa powder and imported semisweet chocolate. It's the real thing and, surprise!, it's not much harder to make than the packaged kind, and it's sooooo much better.
Ingredients
- 6 extra-large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons very good cocoa powder
- Pinch salt
- 2 cups milk
- 1-ounce very good semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Directions
Beat the egg yolks and sugar until light yellow and thick in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, on medium-high speed. On low speed, add the cornstarch, cocoa powder, and salt. Bring the milk to a boil in a medium saucepan and, with the mixer on low, slowly pour the hot milk into the chocolate mixture. Combine well, then pour the mixture back into the pan.
Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk or wooden spoon, until thickened. If the mixture begins to curdle, remove it from the heat and beat it vigorously with a wire whisk. Remove the pan from the heat, add the chocolate, butter, vanilla, and heavy cream, and mix until the chocolate and butter are melted.
Pour into serving bowls. Place plastic wrap directly on the top of the pudding, and chill thoroughly.
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By TT79
Neuss
on January 23, 2012
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This was AWESOME!!! It was very easy and came together very quickly for me. I did beat the egg yolk and sugar for a long time until it was very thick. I would also say that it easily makes 3-4 servings. I used a hand held mixture and when I added the milk, I had a very frothy mixture. Once I put it back in the pan and stirred with a wisk it thickened quickly. YUMMY!
By myrussell_11730957
Olney, MD
on January 16, 2012
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a.maz.ing. i made it tonight and it was so easy to make and extremely delicious.
beware, it did take me much longer for it to thicken on my electric stovetop. i eventually had to turn the heat up higher to get it to thicken properly.
By Mayor of Chop'n...
Maryland
on January 03, 2012
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This pudding was very rich and satisfying to eat. Be aware, though, that when you pour the mixture back into the pot and stir until thickened, it takes a very long time. I kept thinking I'd done something wrong, but be patient.
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