Puddings Recipes - Pots au Chocolate Recipe

Ingredients

SERVES 8

• Butter for greasing

• 175ml/6fl oz double cream

• 1/2 vanilla pod (split lengthways)

• 150g/5oz dark chocolate, broken into small pieces

• 75ml/3fl oz milk

• 2 egg yolks

• 50g/2oz caster sugar

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Method:

1. Lightly brush 8 x 75ml/3fl oz moulds or ramekins with butter and put them in a deep baking dish. Preheat the oven to 140°C/275°F/Gas mark 1.

2. Heat the cream in a small pan with the vanilla pod until the cream is warm, then leave to infuse.

3. Combine the chocolate and milk in a small pan. Stir constantly over a low heat until the chocolate has just melted.

4. Place the egg yolks in a small bowl and slowly whisk in the sugar. Continue whisking until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is light and creamy.

5. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla pod into the cream, and discard the empty pod. Add the vanilla cream and the melted chocolate mixture to the beaten egg yolks, and mix until well combined.

6. Pour the mixture into the ramekins, filling approximately two-thirds full. Pour enough boiling water in to come halfway up the pots.

7. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the chocolate pots have puffed up slightly and feel spongy. Remove from the baking dish and cool completely.

8. Cover with Clingfilm and refrigerate for 6 hours before serving.