Petits Pots au Mocha et Chocolat

Name: Petits Pots au Mocha et Chocolat
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 4 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon orange liqueur or liqueur of your choice; 1 tablespoon caster sugar; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; a tiny pinch of salt; 175 g (6 oz) plain or bitter chocolate, chopped; 50 g (2 oz) plain chocolate, chopped; 2 tablespoons medium-ground coffee; 300 ml (½ pint) single cream; 4 egg yolks

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
4 hr 30

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

Both these little custards have a smooth creamy texture and an excellent flavour. The chocolate version does not have to be baked because the chocolate ‘seizes’ when it is stirred into the boiling cream, which thickens it.

Ingredients

For the mocha petits pots

300 ml (½ pint) single cream
2 tablespoons medium

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 2/150°C/300°F

For the mocha petits pots: preheat the oven. Bring the cream and ground coffee slowly to the boil. Remove from the heat, stir a few times and strain through a very fine sieve or a coffee filter paper. Whisk in the chocolate and the