Recipe - Individual Chocolate Creams

Belle Bestor DFPF73A
One half cup Milk
3 ounce Bittersweet chocolate;
finely chopped
Three fourths cup Heavy cream
3 lg Egg yolks
1/3 cup Sugar
Boiling water

1. Cut 3 slits in a piece of waxed paper, and use it to line a baking pan
large enough to hold 6 One half cup ramekins, custard cups or petits pots.
2. In medium saucepan, scald the milk over high heat. Stir in the
chocolate. Remove from the heat and add the cream; stir to blend. Set aside
to cool.
3. In medsize bowl, gently combine yolks and sugar. Do not let the
mixture foam. Slowly pour the chocolate mix into the yolk mix, stirring
constantly. Strain through a finemesh sieve. Let rest, uncovered, at room
temperature, for 1 hour.
4. 325 F oven. Spoon off any foam that may have risen to the surface of
the chocolate. Divide evenly among the ramekins. Pour enough boiling water
in pan to reach about halfway up the sides. Cover the pan loosely with
foil, to prevent a skin from forming. Place in the center of oven and bake
until are just set at the edges but still trembling in the center, 30 to 35
minutes.
5. Remove from oven and carefully remove the ramekins from the water.
Refrigerate, loosely covered, for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours. Serve
the pots de creme well chilled, without unmolding.

"Simply French" Patricia Wells

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