Chocolate Pots de Crème

Name: Chocolate Pots de Crème
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 10 ounces, bittersweet chocolate (see note above), chopped fine; 5 , large egg yolks; 5 tablespoons, sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream; 3/4 cup, half-and-half; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, instant espresso powder mixed with 1 tablespoon water; 1/2 cup, heavy cream (cold); 2 teaspoons, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; , Cocoa powder for dusting; , Chocolate shavings for sprinkling

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2006, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

French

Chocolate

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

Forget the water bath and slow baking. We found a way to make this classic French chocolate custard faster, simpler, and better.

SERVES8

TIME40 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling, 4 hours chilling, and 20 minutes standing

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a pots de crème recipe that would deliver a decadent dessert with a satiny texture and an intense chocolate flavor, we moved the dish out of the oven and took an unconventional approach: cooking the custard on the stovetop in a saucepan...

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