Chocolate Pot du Creme

Recipe from Kiki (Ina Garten)

Ingredients

• 9 ounces high-quality semisweet chocolate, chopped

• 1 1/2 cups whole milk

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

• 6 large egg yolks

• 5 tablespoons granulated sugar (add an extra tablespoon if using bitter chocolate)

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

Directions

Place the chocolate in a blender. Whisk the milk, 1 cup cream, egg yolks, granulated sugar, and salt in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, constantly stirring with a heatproof spatula, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the spatula and almost boiling, 5-6 minutes.

Immediately pour the milk mixture over the chocolate in the blender. Cover and hold the lid with a thick kitchen towel; blend until combined and smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the blender as needed. Divide the chocolate mixture among ramekins or small cups and refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.

Whip the remaining 1/2 cup cream and the confectioners' sugar with a mixer or in the blender until soft peaks form. Top the chilled pots de creme with whipped cream.