chocolate custard and sauce

[tazz]

hi does any1 know a good recipe 4 chocolate custard and chocolate sauce?

[Clueless2511]

Chocolate Sauce:

150g Chocolate
50g butter
300ml double cream

Melt choc and butter in bain marie and then stir in the cream

Chocolate Custard:

Melt 100g chocolate in bain marie.

Meanwhile make custard:

3 egg yolks
1 heaped tsp cornflour
1 tbls caster sugar
vanilla extract
300ml double cream

Put cream on to heat. Whixk yolks, cornflour, sugar and vanilla in bowl. When cream is just at boiling and choc melted, mix together then pour onto egg mixture whisking til mixed. Pour all back into saucepan and heat on medium, stirring all the time until it thickens, about 1 minute.

Both are delicious and keep too. Hope that helps.

[B00]

Couldn't you cheat and just squirt chocolate sauce into normal custard?

[Jillius]

I use ordinary custard with cocoa powder mixed in. Use Bird's powdered custard mix, add cocoa powder and sugar and then add the milk. Easy Peasy

[Clueless2511]

You could, but it tastes way nicer when it's done properly. I suppose it depends on time and inclination, but both recipes don't take more than 5 minutes. All down to personal taste I guess.

[B00]

Oh don't get me wrong Clueless, your recipe sounds way more delicious!

My suggestion was just because I'm a lazy moo and if there's an easier option I'd take that one- I just threw it in there incase tazz was also lazy.

[Clueless2511]

There's really not much in it, I can be lazy too, but I just love real sauces too much to cheat. P'raps I'm greedy....

[tazz]

thanx all 4 your replys, i like cooking so i will try your way clueless said, sounds yummy. gd idea to boo ill try jillus way to. x

[tazz]

clueless what is a bain marie? i havent got one of those