Recipe

Baked Chocolate Custard

Another yummy dessert. Serve with fresh strawberries.

Serves 6 to 8

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Makes: Round oven dish 18cm / 20cm

Ingredients:
300 ml cream
250 ml full cream milk
110 gm or ½ cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
375 gm dark cooking chocolate finely chopped
6 egg yolks

Method:
Slowly simmer cream, milk, sugar and vanilla. Stir to combine well. Remove from heat then add chocolate pieces to melt. The mixture should look like a chocolate sauce. Whisk egg yolks until pale then slowly stream into chocolate mixture. Pour into round porcelaine dish then place in pressure cooker on trivet with 4 cups of water. Cook on high pressure for 30 minutes. The custard should wobble in the center when ready. Serve with fresh strawberries.