Chocolate Pots de Crème

• 6 oz (175 g) plain chocolate
• ¾ pint (4½

Break the chocolate into a mixing basin. Set over a saucepan of hot, but not boiling water, and stir until softened and smooth. Pour the milk into a saucepan and warm gently. Remove the basin of chocolate from the heat and stir in the sugar and rum. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time. Blend the chocolate mixture well, then stir in the warm milk, and mix again very thoroughly. Strain into six i