Chocolate Pots de Crème

Name: Chocolate Pots de Crème
Yield: Serves 5 servings
Ingredients: 3 1/3 cups whole milk (about 800 ml); 3/4 cup heavy cream (about 200 ml); 1/3 cup sugar (about 75 grams); 7 oz bittersweet chocolate (about 200 grams); 5 egg yolks; 5 sheets gelatin; 1 cinnamon stick; Grand Marnier (optional)

Mtte @cook_14665851

Another homemade recipe from my friend Erland. He saves the egg whites for amaretti cookies.

Mtte @cook_14665851

Another homemade recipe from my friend Erland. He saves the egg whites for amaretti cookies.

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Ingredients

Serves 5 servings

3 1/3 cupswhole milk (about 800 ml)
3/4 cupheavy cream (about 200 ml)
1/3 cupsugar (about 75 grams)
7 ozbittersweet chocolate (about 200 grams)
5egg yolks
5 sheetsgelatin
1cinnamon stick
Grand Marnier (optional)

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Steps

1

In a saucepan, combine the milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon stick, Grand Marnier (if using), and chocolate. Heat over low heat.
2

Place the egg yolks in a mixing bowl.
3

Soak 5 sheets of gelatin in a bowl of cold water to soften.
4

Stir the milk mixture and, as soon as it starts to boil, remove the saucepan from the heat.
5

Gradually pour the hot milk mixture over the egg yolks, whisking constantly.
6

Squeeze out the gelatin sheets and mix them into the custard mixture.
7

Pour into ramekins and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.