Chocolate-chip pudding with chocolate sauce

Name: Chocolate-chip pudding with chocolate sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 30 g (1 oz) dark chocolate chips or drops; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence; 120 g (4 oz) light soft brown sugar; 120 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 30 g (1 oz) cocoa powder; 120 g (4 oz) self-raising flour; 4 eggs, beaten; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted; 225 g (7¼ oz) caster sugar; 100 g (3¼ oz) good-quality dark chocolate, chopped; 1 tablespoon milk; 50 g (1¾ oz) white chocolate chips or drops

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Puddings

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

This recipe provides a double-chocolate hit, with a rich hot or cold chocolate sauce to pour over a chocolate-chip pudding. Alternatively, you could serve the pudding with just cream or crème anglaise.

Ingredients

120 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
120 g (4

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare a 1.25 litre pudding basin for steaming (see Chef’s techniques).
Place the butter and sugar in a bowl and, using a wooden spoon or electric beaters, beat together until light and creamy, then mix in the vanilla. Add t