Chocolate Pudding and Mascarpone Ice Cream

Name: Chocolate Pudding and Mascarpone Ice Cream
Yield: Makes 10–12 little puddings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350 ml water; 250 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces; 400 g mascarpone cheese; finely grated zest and juice (about 75 ml) of 2 lemons; 150 g caster sugar; 5 medium whole eggs; 1 tsp freshly ground star anise, sieved (remove seeds from the pod, and crush in a pestle and mortar); 125 g caster sugar; 250 g unsalted butter; 1 pinch of salt; 50 g plain flour; 5 medium egg yolks

Preparation info

Makes
10–12
little puddings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooks Country

By Matt Tebbutt

Published 2008

About

This is quite a light, delicate chocolate cake, with a deliciously molten interior.

Ingredients

Mascarpone ice cream

350 ml water
150 g caster sugar
finely grated zest and juice

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
January
February
Winter
Vegetarian
ice cream

Method

Start both ice cream and cake the day before. For the ice cream, simply boil the water, sugar and lemon zest in a saucepan. Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from the heat and stir in the mascarpone with the lemon juice. Cool and chill in an ice cream machine (be careful not to over-churn). Freeze in a suitable container.

For the chocolate pudding, melt the chocolate and butter in a