Budino Di Cioccolato

Name: Budino Di Cioccolato
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 1 cup whole milk; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 1/3 cup caster sugar; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1/3 cup cocoa; 2 tablespoons boiling water; 2 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped

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This is chocolate pudding by another name, but somehow it sounds better in Italian. But frankly, language is irrelevant here: we're talking pure, all-encompassing bliss. When you eat it cooled, it is like chocolate satin cream and almost shocking in its pleasurable intensity, but I love it, too, hot and straight out of the pan when it is like the best hot chocolate you've ever had, in spoonable form.

Level: Easy
Total: 20 min

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 15 min

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy
Total: 20 min

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 15 min

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 cup whole milk

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/3 cup caster sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/3 cup cocoa

2 tablespoons boiling water

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped

Directions

Put the kettle on, and warm the milk and cream together either in a saucepan or microwave.
Put the sugar and cornstarch into another saucepan and sieve in the cocoa. Add the 2 tablespoons of boiling water and whisk to a paste.
Then whisk in the egg yolks, 1 at a time, followed by the warmed milk and cream, and then the vanilla extract.
Scrape down the sides of your pan and put it on the heat, cooking and whisking for about 3 to 4 minutes until the mixture thickens - if it helps, think of consistency like mayonnaise.
Take off the heat and whisk in the finely chopped chocolate, before pouring into 4 small cups or glasses each with a yield of about 2/3 of a cup.
Cover the tops of the cups with clingfilm/clingwrap (plastic wrap) to stop them from forming a skin, and then refrigerate once they are cooler. Make sure they are not still fridge-cold when you serve them. You can add a blob of cream on top if you like.