Chocolate-Orange Pots De Crème
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 3 cups whipping cream
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 4 tablespoons Grand Marnier or 4 tablespoons orange liqueur
- 1⁄2 cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
- 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
- 8 large egg yolks
- 7 tablespoons sugar
directions
- Bring 1 cup cream to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat.
- Add chocolate; whisk until smooth. Whisk in 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon chocolate mixture into each of eight 3/4-cup custard cups. Place cups in freezer.
- Reserve remaining chocolate mixture. (Used to top custard after baking).
- Combine milk, orange zest and 2 cups cream in medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla beans; add beans. Bring to simmer.
- Whisk yolks and sugar in large bowl to blend. Whisk hot cream mixture into yolk mixture. Let stand 30 minutes.
- Strain through fine sieve set over medium bowl, pressing on solids. Whisk 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier into custard.
- Preheat oven to 325°F
- Ladle custard over chocolate in cups. Place cups in large baking pan. Pour enough hot water into pan to come halfway up sides of cups.
- Bake until custards are set, about 50 minutes. Remove cups from water.
- Stir chocolate mixture over low heat until just pourable if necessary. Spoon generous 1 tablespoon chocolate mixture over each. Chill overnight. Serve cold.
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