Chocolate Brûlée Surprise

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chocolate: The Definitive Guide

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 1999

  • About

This is a cocoa-y version of the old fashioned Cambridge Burnt Cream. The surprise is the discovery of the chocolate under the conventional vanilla cream.

Ingredients

  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 85 g/3 oz sugar
  • 575

Method

Beat the yolks and sugar together until creamy - about 5 minutes. Bring cream to the boil with the split vanilla pod and pour on to the eggs and sugar and beat until thoroughly amalgamated.

Return mixture to pan, over a very low heat, stirring all the time until it thickens. Pour one third into another bowl and add melted chocolate.

Divide this chocolate mixture between 8 butter