Chocolate-Amaretti Custard with Fresh Fruit
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 cups whole milk
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup coarsely chopped amaretti cookies (Italian macaroons)
- 2 large navel oranges, peel and white pith removed
- 2 1/2 cups assorted berries
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Stir 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in heavy small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.
- Increase heat; boil without stirring until deep amber color, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Carefully pour caramel into 5-cup ring mold.
- Using pastry brush, quickly brush caramel up sides of mold.
- Cool.
- Whisk 1 cup milk and cocoa in large bowl until cocoa dissolves.
- Whisk in remaining 2 cups milk, 2/3 cup sugar, rum, egg yolks and eggs.
- Stir in amaretti cookies.
- Pour custard into caramel-lined mold.
- Place mold in large roasting pan.
- Add enough warm water to roasting pan to come halfway up sides of mold.
- Cover pan and ring mold with foil and bake 20 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake until crust forms on top of custard and center 1 inch still moves when mold is gently shaken, about 35 minutes (do not overbake or custard will curdle).
- Transfer mold to rack and cool completely.
- Cover and chill overnight.
- Using small sharp knife, cut oranges between membranes to release segments.
- Run knife around sides of mold.
- Place plate atop mold.
- Invert custard onto plate, shaking gently to loosen and letting caramel run over custard.
- Remove mold.
- Arrange fruit in center of custard.
sugar, water, milk, cocoa powder, sugar, dark rum, egg yolks, eggs, amaretti cookies, oranges, berries
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-amaretti-custard-with-fresh-fruit-4011 (may not work)