Warm chocolate desserts with pistachio cream

Name: Warm chocolate desserts with pistachio cream
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: poached or canned pears, drained and sliced, to serve; poached or canned pears, drained and sliced, to serve; 3½ tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted; 150 g (5 oz) unsalted butter, softened; 225 g (7¼ oz) caster sugar; 6 eggs, separated; 1-2 drops vanilla extract or essence; 2½ tablespoons caster sugar; 185 g (6 oz) good-quality dark chocolate, chopped; 1-2 drops vanilla extract or essence; 20 g (¾ oz) pistachio nuts, chopped; 3 egg yolks; 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

These little chocolate puddings, served with a sweet pistachio cream and poached pears, are an ideal winter dessert.

Ingredients

Pistachio Cream

20 g (¾ oz) pistachio nuts, chopped
250 ml (8

Dessert
Winter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Chocolate

Method

To make the pistachio cream, toast the pistachios under a grill for 1-2 minutes, shaking to make sure they don’t burn. Grind the nuts to a paste using a mortar and pestle or a food processor. Pour the milk into a saucepan and heat slowly until just at boiling point. Meanwhile, cream together the egg yolks and sugar until pale. Pour the milk onto the yolks, mixing well.