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A SIMPLE TREAT... chocolate pudding

2/16/2011

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     Sometimes simple is the best thing.  The morning of Valentine's Day I was tossing around different ideas for that special dessert that would follow a Salad Lyonnaise and a Petit Filet Mignon.  I'm thinking of course, chocolate cake... maybe a chocolate tart?  But then, a little short on time, I settled on the chocolate pudding recipe I almost always use (and, after-all, I did make the Chocolate Roulade just a couple of days earlier; I really didn't want another chocolate cake). My daughter grabbed her dish of still-slightly-warm chocolate topped with whipped, heavy cream the moment she walked in the door from a day at school.  There was no waiting for her!  I resisted until after dinner (altho' I did luck-out with  the remaining pudding from the pan and the whipped cream from the beaters).  I often use this chocolate pudding to fill little individual tart shells that are also topped with whipped, heavy cream.

                   …"Old-Fashioned" Chocolate Pudding …

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons (packed) cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon flour
• Pinch of salt
• 2 cups of milk (1% if you want a low-fat version; whole milk if you want an even  richer pudding)
• 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
•  Mix first 5 ingredients in a heavy saucepan.  Add 1 cup milk and whisk to dissolve cornstarch.  Whisk in remaining milk.  Whisk mixture over medium heat until thickened and beginning to simmer, about 5 minutes.  Simmer 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Stir in butter and extracts... When cool, top with lots of whipped cream!


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Susan link
2/16/2011 05:43:07 am

This is almost like my mother-in-laws recipe. Instead of the flour, she added an egg for richness. When it comes right down to it, nothing beats chocolate pudding. It is childhood revisited in a dish!!

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Tom @ Tall Clover Farm link
2/20/2011 04:55:54 am

Eileen, after I take Boz and Gracie for walk on this gorgeous sunny day, I'll be making chocolate pudding for dinner. That's all I'll need.

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Tom | Tall Clover link
2/20/2011 09:56:11 am

Eileen I just finish eating half the batch of pudding. It is delicious, and I did add an egg to it as I had a nice freshly laid specimen. I suspect in the next hour the entire bowl will be will be licked cleaned.

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Eileen
2/20/2011 10:00:46 am

Tom- If you really want a treat, fill a buttery tart shell with this pudding and top with whipped cream. It's one of those wonderful childhood memories, type of chocolate dessert.

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Michelle link
2/23/2011 05:27:00 am

Still warm chocolate pudding sounds wonderful. My mom used to put it into a pie shell for us and we'd have chocolate pie for dessert with meringue topping. Thanks for the inspiration to make that for my kiddos! :)

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