Chocolate Pudding
Recipe from Food Network
Ingredients
Pudding
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 cups whole milk
- 5 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Cinnamon Cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method
- Whisk the egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, and cornstarch together in a large bowl.
- Warm the milk, chocolate, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the chocolate melts.
- Slowly whisk the hot chocolate mixture into the yolk mixture. Return everything to the saucepan and stir for 12 to 15 minutes, until thickened.
- Remove from the heat, mix in the vanilla, and divide among 6 to 8 dessert dishes. Press plastic wrap over the dishes and refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
- Whip the heavy cream with 1 tablespoon sugar to soft peaks, then fold in the cinnamon.
- Serve the chilled pudding with the cinnamon cream.