Chocolate Custard

Submitted by evelynathens

"If you've never made homemade custard/pudding, you're going to be stunned at the difference in taste with store-bought. Once made, these delicious custards need to be refrigerated for atleast 3 hours before serving."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate, chopped coarse
• 3⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 1 1⁄4 cups milk
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1 large whole egg
• whipped cream (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 320 degrees F.
2. Melt chocolate over low heat.
3. In a saucepan, combine cream, milk and 2 tblsps sugar and bring to bare simmer, stirring occasionally.
4. In a small bowl combine 2 tblsps of the milk mixture with the espresso powder and stir into the milk mixture with the chocolate.
5. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, egg, and remaining ¼ cup sugar for 1 minute, or until the mixture is blended well.
6. Add milk mixture in a stream, whisking, and strain through a fine sieve into a large measuring cup.
7. Spoon off the froth and pour into six 5-ounce custard cups.
8. Cover cups with foil.
9. Arrange cups in a baking pan and pour hot water around them to reach halfway up sides.
10. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until just set.
11. Remove from oven, let cups sit in hot water for 10 minutes, remove, and let cool completely.
12. Chill 3 hours and garnish with a dollop of whipped cream, if desired.

Reviews

[ellie_]

This is a wonderful pudding/custard that we all enjoyed. I used intant de-caf coffee instead of the expresso powder but I don't think it made any difference in the taste. I cooked the custard in a a one-quart casserole dish (instead of individual custards) and cooked it for about one hour instead of the time stated in the recipe but it came out perfect. Next time I will try it with custard cups instead. Thanks Evelyn for posting this keeper custard recipe.