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BAKED CHOCOLATE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325F.
• Grease bottoms and sides of 8 6-ounce ramekins and place them in a large baking dish.
• Heat milk and cream in a saucepan over medium heat until almost boiling.
• Remove from heat and add chocolate; let stand for 30 seconds; whisk until smooth.
• Combine eggs, egg white, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl.
• Whisk until slightly thickened; slowly add hot chocolate mixture to egg mixture, whisking continuously.
• Divide mixture among ramekins.
• Add enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes or until edges are set but centres still quiver slightly.
• Do not overbake.
• Remove ramekins from water bath and cool on rack for 30 minutes.
• chill for at least 3 hours before serving.

CHOCOLATE CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Dough: Sift the flour with the cocoa and salt. Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle on low speed until fluffy.
• Add the egg, and mix just until incorporated. Add the dry ingredients, and mix until a dough forms. Shape into a ball, cut in half, flatten both halves, wrap each in plastic, and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Working quickly, roll out one of the dough balls on a large piece of lightly floured parchment paper to form a 13-inch circle about 1/8 inch thick.
• Place the parchment on a baking sheet, cover the dough with plastic, and chill it for at least 1 hour. Keep the remaining dough in the freezer for another tart.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Carefully fit the dough into a 9½-inch tart shell with a removable bottom, taking care not to stretch or pinch it. Freeze the dough for at least 15 minutes.
• Bake the crust until it puffs, about 10 to 15 minutes. Flatten the base by pressing it down with a measuring cup, then continue baking until the crust is crisp, about 10 to 15 minutes more. Set aside to cool.
• Chocolate Custard: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Place chocolate in a bowl. Bring the cream, milk, and sugar to a boil in a saucepan.
• Add the mixture, a third at a time, to the chocolate, stirring each addition until combined. (If it's added all at once, the chocolate will become grainy.) Beat the egg in a large bowl.
• Whisk in a quarter of the chocolate-milk mixture until just combined, and add to the remaining chocolate. (Do not whisk hard.).
• Tap the bowl to get rid of any air bubbles. Pour the custard into the baked tart shell, filling it to the top.
• Bake for 20 minutes, rotate front-to-back, and bake for another 20 minutes or until the custard is set around the edges but jiggly in the center. Serve with brandy whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE CUSTARD CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bring a kettle of water to a boil. In a medium saucepan, bring half-and-half and vanilla just to a boil. Remove from heat.
• Place egg yolks, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat until light, then whisk in chocolate. Whisking constantly, gradually add hot half-and-half mixture. Skim any foam from surface.
• Divide mixture among four (6-ounce) custard cups, and place in a baking dish just large enough to hold them. Place in oven, and pour enough boiling water in dish to come halfway up sides of cups. Drape a sheet of aluminum foil over top of baking dish (do not seal).
• Bake custards until just set but still slightly wobbly, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove cups from dish; refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.

EASY CHOCOLATE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Beat eggs and vanilla extract together in a medium bowl until combined; set aside.
• Whisk milk, sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch, brandy, and salt together in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until boiling and thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
• Slowly pour 1/2 of the milk mixture into the beaten eggs while stirring; pour mixture back into the saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick, 2 to 3 minutes. Do not boil.
• Let custard cool to room temperature, at least 10 minutes. Refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours.

RICH CHOCOLATE BAKED CUSTARD

Steps:

• Lightly grease a 1 quart baking dish or 4 ramekins.
• Preaheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Fill a 9x13 pan with 1 inch hot water and put it in the oven.
• Beat the eggs just enough to blend.
• Stir in the sugar, cocoa, and salt.
• Slowly add the hot milk, stirring constantly.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• Pour into the baking dish or ramekins and place in the pan with hot water.
• Bake 55-60 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
• It will firm up as it cools.

CHOCOLATE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 320 degrees F.
• Melt chocolate over low heat.
• In a saucepan, combine cream, milk and 2 tblsps sugar and bring to bare simmer, stirring occasionally.
• In a small bowl combine 2 tblsps of the milk mixture with the espresso powder and stir into the milk mixture with the chocolate.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, egg, and remaining ¼ cup sugar for 1 minute, or until the mixture is blended well.
• Add milk mixture in a stream, whisking, and strain through a fine sieve into a large measuring cup.
• Spoon off the froth and pour into six 5-ounce custard cups.
• Cover cups with foil.
• Arrange cups in a baking pan and pour hot water around them to reach halfway up sides.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until just set.
• Remove from oven, let cups sit in hot water for 10 minutes, remove, and let cool completely.
• Chill 3 hours and garnish with a dollop of whipped cream, if desired.