Valrhona Chocolate Pudding

Serves: 5

Ellsworth Rath

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

51

Spice

56

Sweetness

55

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.5 cups

Whole Milk

1 cup

Heavy Cream

1 cup

Sugar

5 large

Egg Yolk

Directions:

1

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 275°F

2

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan with tip of a paring knife, then add pod, milk, cream, and sugar and bring just to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved

3

Add chocolate and cook over moderately high heat, stirring gently with a whisk, until chocolate is melted and mixture just boils

4

Remove from heat

5

Pour mixture into a metal bowl

6

Set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes

7

Whisk in yolks, then pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a 1-quart measure, discarding pod and any other solids

8

Divide mixture among ramekins

9

Bake in a water bath until puddings are just set around edge but centers wobble when ramekins are gently shaken, about 1 hour

10

Cool puddings in water bath 1 hour, then remove from water and chill, uncovered, until cold, at least 1 hour

11

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 275°F

12

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan with tip of a paring knife, then add pod, milk, cream, and sugar and bring just to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved

13

Add chocolate and cook over moderately high heat, stirring gently with a whisk, until chocolate is melted and mixture just boils

14

Remove from heat

15

Pour mixture into a metal bowl

16

Set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes

17

Whisk in yolks, then pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a 1-quart measure, discarding pod and any other solids

18

Divide mixture among ramekins

19

Bake in a water bath until puddings are just set around edge but centers wobble when ramekins are gently shaken, about 1 hour

20

Cool puddings in water bath 1 hour, then remove from water and chill, uncovered, until cold, at least 1 hour