Chocolate Pots de Creme

• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 4 cups heavy cream
• 1/8 tablespoon salt
• 6 yolks
• 1/2 cup plus 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 tablespoons freshly grated orange rind

1. Place the chopped chocolate in a bowl.
2. Heat the cream and the salt until scalded, then pour over the chocolate to melt it.
3. Whisk the yolks with 1/2 cup of the sugar.
4. Temper the yolk mixture with the hot chocolate mixture then place on the stove over medium heat to thicken slightly, until it coats the back of a wooden spoon.
5. Pour mixture into ramekins and bake in a water bath at 300 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes until mostly set but a little jiggly in the center.
6. Chill covered.
7. To serve, whip the cream with the remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar and orange rind.
8. Dollop onto the pots de creme.
9. Alternate Garnish: If you have vanilla beans lying around the house that have already been used, here's a great way to recycle them.
10. Cut split vanilla beans into 3-inch sections.
11. Place on a sheet pan in a preheated 300-degree oven and bake until dried.
12. Keep in an airtight container.
13. To garnish the pots de creme, lay the dried vanilla beans across the whipped cream.

bittersweet chocolate, heavy cream, salt, yolks, sugar, heavy cream, freshly grated orange rind

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/chocolate-pots-de-creme-recipe.html (may not work)