Recipe - Viennese Walnut Pudding Pt 1

COFFEEVANILLA CREAM
1 cup Heavy cream
One fourth cup Fresh roasted coffee beans
4 teaspoon Granulated sugar
1 Vanilla bean; split in half
lengthwise

VIENNESE WALNUT PUDDING
Butter and sugar; for
custard cups
4 ounce Semisweet chocolate;
coarsely chopped
2 tablespoon Dark rum
1 tablespoon Water
2 teaspoon Instant coffee granules
1 cup Plain dried bread crumbs
One half cup Walnuts
1 pn Salt
5 tablespoon Unsalted butter; softened
1/3 cup Confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 lg Egg yolks plus 4 large egg
whites, at room temperature
2 tablespoon Granulated sugar

CHOCOLATE GLAZE
8 ounce Semisweet chocolate; finely
chopped
Three fourths cup Plus 3 tablespoons heavy
cream
3 tablespoon Light corn syrup
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

HALFDIPPED WALNUTS
6 Walnut halves

YIELD: 6 servings DIFFICULTY: ** PREPARATION: 1 hour plus chilling and
baking times. Allow the coffeevanilla cream to chill for at least 6 hours
or overnight.

Make the coffeevanilla cream:

1.In a medium saucepan, combine the cream, coffee beans, sugar and vanilla
bean. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until
the sugar is completely dissolved. Stop stirring and bring the mixture to a
gentle boil. Pour the hot cream mixture into a small noncorrosive bowl. Let
the mixture cool for 15 minutes.

2.Cover the surface of the cream mixture with plastic wrap and refrigerate
for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Make the Viennese walnut pudding:

1.Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
Lightly butter and sugar six 6ounce custard cups. Put the cups in a
highsided roasting pan large enough to hold them easily.

2.Melt the chocolate with the rum, water and coffee according the melting
instructions given in the Chocolate Melting Tips. Whisk gently until smooth
and let the melted chocolate mixture cool for 5 to 10 minutes, until tepid.

3.In a food processor fitted with the metal chopping blade, combine the
bread crumbs, walnuts and salt. Process for 10 to 20 seconds until the nuts
are finely ground. Scrape the mixture into a small bowl.

4.In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer set at medium speed,
beat the butter and confectioners' sugar for 1 to 2 minutes, until creamy.
Beat in the vanilla. One at a time, beat in the egg yolks, beating well
after each addition. Add the melted chocolate mixture and beat until
smooth.

5.In a large greasefree bowl, using a handheld electric mixer and clean
beaters, beat the egg whites at low speed until frothy. Gradually increase
the speed to high and beat the whites until soft peaks start to form. One
teaspoon at a time, gradually add the granulated sugar and continue beating
the whites until stiff, shiny peaks form.

6.Using a rubber spatula, fold one third of the whites into the chocolate
mixture to lighten it. Fold in the remaining whites with the bread crumb/
walnut mixture.

7.Divide the pudding equally among the prepared cups. Remove one of the
corner cups from the roasting pan. Hold a metal pancake spatula vertically
inside that corner of the roasting pan and slowly pour the water against
the spatula into the roasting pan. (The spatula will prevent the water from
splashing the other cups.) Pour in enough water to come onehalf of the way
up the sides of the cups. Replace the cup in the roasting pan.

8.Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inserted into the
center of each pudding comes out clean. Remove the roasting pan from the
oven and leave the puddings in the water bath to keep warm while preparing
the chocolate glaze.

continued in part 2