Chocolate Pots De Creme With Passion Caramel, Candied Ginger And Lichees
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 3/8 tablespoons passion fruit juice
- 1 3/4 tablespoons salted butter
- 1 cup ginger
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 lemon juice
- 4 1/4 ounces chocolate 64% Valrhona Tainori, using a high quality chocolate is really important
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 4 lychees
- First, prepare the passion caramel. In a heavy saucepan, slowly cook 100 grams of granulated sugar to make a light caramel. Off the heat add the 35 milliliters of heavy cream and the passion fruit juice (warning, projections may occur).
- Whisk well and cook over low heat again if necessary, to obtain a homogeneous caramel.
- Add 25 grams of diced salted caramel and mix until fully blended. Refrigerate for at least for 2 hours.
- Then, prepare the candied ginger. Peel the ginger, cut it into 2 to 3 millimeters cubes.
- In a saucepan, boil the water.
- Pour the diced ginger and cook gently for 2 hours, adding a little water if necessary.
- Then pour the lemon juice and set aside.
- Finally, prepare the pots de creme.
- Preheat oven at 140 degrees Celsius.
- In a bowl, cut the chocolate into pieces.
- Boil the milk, 200 milliliters of heavy cream, and 100 grams of sugar in a saucepan.
- Pour it while hot, over the chocolate.
- Stir with a wooden spatula.
- When mixture is smooth, add the egg yolks and mix again. Pour into ramekins.
- Place them on a dish filled with hot water to cook them in a bain marie.
- Cover with an aluminum foil and bake it 30 minutes.
- The consistency should be firm but slightly woobly
- Let cool at room temperature, do not put them in the refrigerator.
- On each pot, drop a spoonful of passion fruit caramel, a small teaspoon of ginger, and one lychee.
sugar, heavy cream, passion fruit juice, butter, ginger, water, lemon juice, chocolate, milk, egg yolks, lychees
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-Pots-de-Creme-with-Passion-Caramel_-Candied-Ginger-and-Lichees-782035 (may not work)