Small-Batch Creamy Chocolate Pudding

Name: Small-Batch Creamy Chocolate Pudding
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: ¾ teaspoon, vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon, espresso powder; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 1 tablespoon, Dutch-processed cocoa; 2 teaspoons, cornstarch; ¼ teaspoon, table salt; 3 tablespoons, heavy cream; 1 , large egg yolk; ¾ cup, whole milk; 1½ tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 2 pieces; 1½ ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2023

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

A small amount of this pudding is just the thing to satisfy that chocolate craving.

SERVES2

TIME25 minutes, plus 1½ hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Homemade chocolate pudding often suffers from either lackluster chocolate flavor, caused by a dearth of chocolate, or a grainy texture, caused by too much cocoa butter. A moderate amount of bittersweet chocolate in combination with unsweete...

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