Old fashioned hot chocolate pudding with chocolate custard
Chef:
Divine chocolate
Baked rather than steamed, and with a real homemade chocolate custard this is what my grandmother made on Fridays, to eat after the inevitable fish dish. It may not be as glamorous as some recipes in this
book but it is still a family favourite.
For the pudding
125g unsalted butter, very soft
125g caster sugar
3 large free range eggs, at room
temperature
100g self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons Divine cocoa
powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
30g ground almonds
1 tablespoon milk
For the custard
450ml creamy milk
3 tablespoons Divine cocoa
powder
4 tablespoons caster sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 large free range egg yolks
18cm soufflé dish or deep baking
dish, greased, and a roasting
tin
Heat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3.
Half fill the roasting tin with water and set in the oven to heat up.
Put the soft butter, caster sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cocoa
powder, vanilla, almonds and milk into the bowl of a food mixer and
beat well until very smooth and thoroughly combined (you can also
do this using a mixing bowl and wooden spoon). Spoon the mixture
into the prepared soufflé dish.
Cut a large square of foil and butter one side. Fold the foil down the
middle to make a pleat (so the pudding can rise), then cover the
dish buttered-side down, making sure the foil is tightly fitting. Put
the dish into the water-filled roasting tin and bake for 1 hour until
firm to the touch.
Meanwhile, make the custard: heat all but 2 tablespoons of the milk
in a medium-sized non-stick pan. Sift the cocoa, sugar and
cornflour into a heatproof bowl. Add the yolks and reserved milk
then stir to make a thick, smooth paste. Stir in the hot milk then
pour the mixture back into the pan and stir gently over a low heat
until the custard thickens – don’t let the mixture boil or the eggs
Photo by Lisa Barber for Divine chocolate.
Serves
4-6
Main ingredients
Chocolate
Recipe Type
Cakes & Baking, Dessert, Easy, Entertaining
Level of Difficulty
Easy
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