Chocolate Pots de Creme

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2688 Location: Washington State

Modified from the website of the Mighty and Powerful Oprah.

Chocolate Pots de Creme is an artsy fartsy name for a ultra rich baked chocolate custard. It is decadent and smooth and truly delicious. Next time I think I will bake it in 6 smaller portions because 4 seemed almost too much too eat. But I powered through mine Very Happy

and shared it with the baby. Really excellent and worth the effort.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup milk ( i used nonfat, but the original recipe called for whole milk)
2 Tbsp. sugar
4 egg yolks

Preheat oven to 300°. In the top half of a double boiler, or in a small pan or bowl suspended over, but not touching, simmering water, melt chocolate chips with 1/2 cup cream, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. In a small saucepan over medium heat, warm remaining 1/4 cup cream, milk and sugar, stirring just until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. In a medium bowl, whisk yolks; slowly stir in warm milk mixture. Pour egg mixture through a strainer set over the melted chocolate; stir to combine.

Divide mixture among four 4- to 6-ounce ramekins or custard cups; place cups at least 1 inch apart in a 9 x 13 x 2 baking pan. Place pan on oven rack and add hot water until it reaches 1/2 inch beneath the lip of the cups.

Bake until custard is just set at the edges but still quite soft in the center, about 40 - 45 minutes. Because the eggs will continue to cook after you pull the custards from the oven, and because the chocolate will harden as it cools, begin checking for doneness after 40 minutes. To check, lift a pot and tilt; the center of the custard should bulge.

Remove pots de crème from oven; let cool. Cover each with foil or plastic wrap, making sure the covering doesn't touch the top of the crème, and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 3 days—though texture is best just hours from the oven.
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