Mochachino Brûlée

Name: Mochachino Brûlée
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tsp cornflour; 75 ml (2½ fl oz) milk; 125 ml (4 fl oz) double cream, semi-whipped; 100 g (3½ oz) good-quality dark chocolate, chopped, or chocolate buttons; 20 g (¾ oz) cocoa powder; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 250 ml (9 fl oz) double cream; a tablespoon or so of cocoa powder; 1 small egg yolk; 15 g (½ oz) caster sugar; 4 egg yolks; 10 g (¼ oz) ground coffee; 250 ml (9 fl oz) milk; 1 tsp flour; 75 g (2¾ oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Simple Art of Marrying Food and Wine

By Malcolm Gluck and Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

YOU’VE PROBABLY HAD ONE OF THESE CHOCOLATEY COFFEES, or at least seen it on the menu in a coffee chain. This is a more solid, eggy version - a bit like a chocaholic’s crème brûlée with cream on top.

Ingredients

4 egg yolks
75 g (2¾ oz) caster sugar

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas mark 2. Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar. In a saucepan, mix the milk, cream, coffee, and cocoa powder, and bring to the boil. Add the chocolate and stir until dissolved. Add this to the egg mixture and stir well. Pour it t