A grown-up French cousin of chocolate pudding, Chocolate Pots de Crème, are a custard baked at a low-temperature and served chilled. These little pots (you really want to stay small; this is a rich dessert) of chocolate heaven created a hellish mess in my kitchen.
Usually there is a direct correlation between recipe length/simplicity and the number of dirty dishes produced. Maybe it’s me who is the devil and it’s my S.O.P. to create chaos, but for such a short recipe (less than one page), after all was said and done, there seemed to be an unnatural amount of whisks and pans and glass measuring cups and silicone spatulas covered in melted chocolate and tempered egg yolks. And I’m not counting the sundry ceramic pots used to bake the custard.
They were worth the mess, the chaos, the drama (okay, there was no drama unless you count Nani dog begging for chocolate he can’t have and Paul being told he has to wait until they are properly chilled).
The Tuesdays with Dorie bakers made Chocolate Pots de Crème as group last March, soon after I started my blogging sabbatical. With the completion of this recipe, I have 53 recipes left to bake out of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking…From My Home to Yours. Christine of Cats in the Kitchen (formerly Black Cats Cooking) was the host. You can find the recipe on her blog or in the book.
Oh goodness, this looks and sounds heavenly!
Oh, my family loves pots de creme…and I’ll have to try Dorie’s recipe…I know it’s fabulous!!! And the cheese soufflé I just made took so many pans and utensils…but sometimes it’s worth it
Looks delicious!!
Those look so perfectly smooth on top
Very nice.
Wendy, these sound divine! I bet they are really rich too! I loveeee them!
So cute in the coffee cup!
These are little pots of heaven – I could inhale the chocolate from here.
Mmm, looks SO perfect–not a single bubble. Well done.
Those white chocolate M&Ms are at Target in the Easter section. Often Target is the only place to find the latest candies and such.
Pots de creme (pot de cremes? pot des creme??) are one of my favorites! These look GORGEOUS and have me craving some serious chocolate right about now.
Real beauties! I am with you when it comes to chocolate related drama, as long as I can lick all the spoons and whisks
Simply beautiful! Love the look and the presentation. Yummy!
These look heavenly, Wendy!
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These are so classy – its like hot chocolate in a mug but 500 times more creamy and delicious
Yum!
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