Steamed Chocolate Pudding
- 12 cup sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 2 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 34 cup milk
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 cup coarsely chopped toasted hazelnuts, as garnish
- Heat oven to 325F
- Butter a 5-cup pudding bowl, and set aside
- Combine 5 tablespoons sugar with salt, flour, and cocoa in a large bowl.
- Set aside
- Combine chocolate and butter in a heat-proof bowl, and melt over simmering water
- In a small saucepan, bring milk just to a simmer.
- Immediately add to chocolate mixture.
- Beat egg yolks.
- Stir a little chocolate mixture into yolks; add yolks to mixture.
- Add vanilla; stir until well combined.
- Stir into flour mixture
- Beat whites with remaining 3 tablespoons sugar until stiff, and fold into batter.
- Pour into pudding bowl, and place on a rack in a deep roasting pan.
- Pour boiling water into pan halfway up the sides of the bowl.
- Bake until pudding is set, 40 to 45 minutes.
- Add boiling water to pan as necessary to maintain water level
- Let cool slightly in the bowl, and invert onto a plate.
- Garnish with hazelnuts.
- Enjoy!
sugar, salt, flour, cocoa powder, bittersweet chocolate, unsalted butter, milk, eggs, vanilla, hazelnuts
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/steamed-chocolate-pudding-127454 (may not work)