Chocolate pudding, the recipe of which we will give in this article, is a favorite dessert of the residents of Misty Albion.
Traditionally, it is cooked in a water bath. Chocolate began to be added to desserts from the seventeenth century, it was then that he appeared in England and gained wide popularity. Pudding is called the breakfast of aristocrats. And indeed - its refined taste and delicate texture instantly make you a fan of this classic dessert. Let's look at how to make chocolate pudding in several variations.
History of English Dessert
Chocolate pudding, the recipe of which was transformed from a recipe for sweet festive cereal with prunes, almonds and raisins, was authenticly set on fire. To do this, it was abundantly watered with brandy or cognac.
Today, this tradition has almost gone into oblivion and now chocolate pudding (the recipe will be given below), along with banana, milk and caramel, is a
light dessert. It is appropriate as the completion of almost any meal. This dish has been repeatedly mentioned in the works of English classics
(Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Bronte and others) with unchanged warmth.
Chocolate pudding. Classic recipe
You will need the following ingredients for your dessert:
- a quarter packet of butter;
- a glass of white crystalline sugar;
- 2 tbsp. l unsweetened cocoa powder (good quality - Golden Label variety);
- 2 tsp white (wine) vinegar;
- 2 full glasses of white flour or bread crumbs and the same amount of milk;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 tsp baking soda.
For glaze, you need half a glass of milk and a little bit of dark chocolate.
Melt the butter and add sugar to it. Stir until the crystals dissolve, pour in the soda quenched with vinegar. Turn off and let cool. Sift flour into a warm mixture or add crumbs, pour milk, add eggs and cocoa, mix until the lumps dissolve. Bake oiled for forty minutes or an hour in a water bath. Remember that pudding darkens a lot during cooking. For glaze, melt chocolate in milk.
Orange miracle
Chocolate pudding with whole fruit inside is a very special treat. Being sliced, it looks very festive and appetizing. It combines a slightly modified pudding recipe with chocolate and the piquant taste of pre-boiled orange peel. You do not need an oven - you need a steam oven. If you do not have a double boiler, it will be replaced by a small container installed in a larger pan, in which water should boil. It is better if the shape is round - so in each piece of cooked pudding there will be a little orange. The ingredients should be taken from the previous recipe, only the flour should be pancake, and half the bar of dark chocolate should be added to the cocoa for a richer taste. Orange pick with thin skin. In addition to it, for the filling you will need 85 g of butter and small sugar. Cook the orange for ten minutes in a saucepan with the lid closed. Cook the chocolate-butter mixture as described in the previous recipe. Then add the remaining ingredients and pour a third of the resulting mass into a greased form. On it you need to put the finished orange, pierced several times with a toothpick. Pour in the remaining mixture. Covering with parchment, simmer for two hours in a water bath. If the water in a large pan boils, add it so that it reaches the middle of the pudding bowl.