Chocolate Graveyard Pots De Creme
- 7 ounces of semi-sweet baking chocolate (or milk chocolate if you prefer)
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/4c heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbs Kahlua (or other coffee-flavored) liqueur
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2c crushed Oreos
- 4 Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies
- (optional) Edible pen or black icing to pipe text on the "tombstone" cookies
- Special equipment:
- Food thermometer
- Blender or food processor
- Start by processing the chocolate in your blender or food processor until it is finely chopped. Get all of the chocolate out of the blender you can. Pour it into a small bowl and set aside.
- Put the egg and yolk into the blender or food processor and blend until just beaten. Leave it in there, and tell you'll BRB.
- This is the chocolate I used. You could, of course, get the more expensive stuff, but I always have this kind on hand.
- Heat the cream in the microwave until it boils - about 3 minutes.
- Now this part is tedious. Pour a tiny bit of the cream (a few tablespoons) into the blender with the eggs. Process. Keep going with about 1/3c of cream at a time. The goal is to not scramble the eggs with the hot cream. This process is called "tempering the egg." Knowledge is power! Also, sorry for no pic of this - I was trying not to scramble the egg.
- Check the temperature of the mixture with a thermometer (instant-read if you have one; I don't). I left it in about 15 seconds and my mixture was only about 140 degrees F. If the temperature is under 160, pop it pack into the microwave in 20-second intervals until it reaches 160 degrees. I went a little over, to about 170 degrees, and panicked a little when the mixture had a couple of lumps - but don't worry, it turned out fine after it was blended again.
- Combine the chocolate, hot cream/egg mixture, Kahlua, and vanilla extract in the blender; pulse until smooth.
- Pour out into small ramekins or glasses and refrigerate for about an hour before serving. This will make about 4 half-cup ramekin servings; the glasses I used for the photo were a bit larger, so it only made two. Which was convenient, because only had 2 of those glasses, and these were great for my husband and I to sit down and watch House with.
- Anyway. Add the crushed Oreos on top before serving, and push a "tombstone cookie" into the chocolate.
semisweet baking chocolate, egg , cream, kahlua, vanilla, oreos, milano cookies, black icing, thermometer, processor
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chocolate-graveyard-pots-de-creme-50103970 (may not work)