Chocolate Truffle Pots De Creme Recipes

CHOCOLATE POTS DE CREME

Steps:

• Place the chocolate in a blender. Whisk the milk, 1 cup cream, egg yolks, granulated sugar and salt in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a heatproof spatula, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the spatula and almost boiling, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Immediately pour the milk mixture over the chocolate in the blender. Cover and hold the lid with a thick kitchen towel; blend until combined and smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the blender as needed. Divide the chocolate mixture among ramekins or small cups and refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
• Whip the remaining 1/2 cup cream and the confectioners' sugar with a mixer or in the blender until soft peaks form. Top the chilled pots de creme with whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE POTS

Steps:

• Whizz the chocolate in a food processor.
• Put the sugar and 6 tablespoons of water in a small saucepan and heat gently, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Boil for a few seconds until it becomes a thin syrup.
• Set the food processor running and pour the hot syrup through the funnel on to the chocolate so it melts. Add a little boiling water if some unmelted chocolate remains. Add the egg yolks and process for a few seconds before adding the Irish cream liqueur.
• In a separate bowl, whip the cream until soft peaks form, then fold in the chocolate mixture. Reserve 3 tablespoons of mousse in a small bowl. Spoon the remaining mousse into small glasses or pots. Leave in the fridge to set for 6 hours or overnight.
• To make the chocolate truffles, add the crushed biscuits to the reserved mousse with a splash of Irish cream liqueur. Mix well and shape into six truffle-size balls. Put on a plate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Melt the white chocolate in a small heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water. Insert a cocktail stick into the balls, dip into the melted white chocolate and swirl around until coated. Put on a piece of baking paper, and place in the fridge for 30 minutes, or until firm.
• Place one truffle on top of each mousse before serving and dust with cocoa. Serve straight from the fridge.

EASY POTS DE CREME

Steps:

• Combine egg yolks, sugar, and salt in a blender. Blend until smooth. Add heavy cream and half-and-half; blend again. Add chocolate and vanilla extract and blend until chocolate is very finely chopped. Carefully pour hot coffee through the opening while blender is running; blend until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Pour mixture into small serving dishes. Let cool to room temperature. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE POTS DE CREME WITH CHERRY WHIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bring a kettle of water to a boil over medium heat.
• Put the chocolate into a heat-proof bowl. Heat 1 1/2 cups of the cream and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium saucepan over low heat. Whisk just until and sugar is dissolved. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Put the yolks in a small bowl; while whisking, add a small amount of the warm chocolate mixture to temper the yolks. Whisk the yolk mixture into the chocolate until well combined. Transfer the mixture to a liquid measuring cup for easy pouring.
• Put 4 (6-ounce) ramekins into a high-sided baking dish. Evenly fill the ramekins with the chocolate mixture. Carefully fill the pan with the hot water until it reaches halfway up the sides of the ramekins and transfer the pan to the oven. Bake until custards are set but still jiggle slightly in the center, about 30 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and carefully transfer the custards to a rack and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate the custards at least 2 hours and preferably overnight.
• When ready to serve, whisk the cherry jam in a small bowl until loosened and thin. In another bowl with a clean whisk, whip the remaining 1/2 cup cream and 1 teaspoon sugar until firm peaks form; gently fold the whipped cream into the cherry jam until just combined and streaky. Serve the pots de creme chilled, topped with a dollop of cherry whipped cream.