Chocolate Pots de Creme

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 - 8 servings
  • Total: 2 hr 16 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Inactive: 2 hr
  • Cook: 6 min
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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

  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 creme with whipped cream.

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Pam C.

I almost ruined this dessert until I realized nothing sticks to my heatproof spatula! It was starting to boil...starting to separate...when I grabbed a spoon and yes...it coated the spoon. Then grabbed my immersion blender. Blended away off the heat, looked smooth, but to be safe, I put a strainer on the blender when I poured it in...there was nothing to catch and it came out great! Delish

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