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CHOCOLATE PUDDING

CHOCOLATE PUDDING

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Serves: 4

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  • Vegetarian

We're talking pure, all-encompassing bliss. When you eat this cooled, it is like chocolate satin cream and almost shocking in its pleasurable intensity. But I love it straight out of the pan, too, when it is like the best hot chocolate you've ever had, in spoonable form.

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Ingredients

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  • 250 ml full fat milk
  • 125 ml double cream
  • 60 grams caster sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour
  • 35 grams cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons boiling water (from recently boiled kettle)
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 60 grams dark chocolate (finely chopped)
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Method

  1. Put the kettle on, and warm the milk and cream together in a saucepan or in a bowl in the microwave.
  2. Put the sugar and cornflour into another saucepan and sieve in the cocoa powder. Add the 2 tablespoons of boiling water and whisk to a paste.
  3. Whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time, followed by the warmed milk and cream, then the vanilla extract.
  4. Scrape down the sides of the pan and put it on a lowish heat, cooking and whisking for about 3-4 minutes until the mixture thickens to a mayonnaise-like consistency.
  5. Take off the heat and whisk in the finely chopped chocolate, before pouring into 4 small cups or glasses, each with a capacity of about 150ml / two-thirds of a cup.
  6. Cover the tops of the cups or glasses with clingfilm, letting the clingfilm rest on the chocolate surface, to stop a skin forming, and refrigerate once they are cooler. Make sure they are not still fridge-cold when you serve them. You can add a blob of cream on top if you like.

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  • I am going to make this for my sisters birthday :D

    Posted by jevonkelly on 28th Oct 2011 at 14.23

  • i made this for my best friend as a birthday present, as she ADORES desserts. it really brought a huge smile upon her face. and it's so simple to make. thank you! :D

    Posted by Akanksha8898 on 6th Feb 2012 at 11.20

  • Have made this recipe several times I LOVE it

    Posted by bronsgran on 22nd Oct 2012 at 15.06

  • This is what a single mum needs on a rainy day while she has got an hour of me-time (because baby is asleep ;) ). So easy to make. Even easier to enjoy.

    Posted by sugarmouserl on 10th Jun 2013 at 16.05