Sauces
Chocolate Custard Sauce
Ingredients
- 275 ml (½ pt.) double cream
- 1-2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- (according to taste)
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp. caster sugar
- 1 level tsp. cornflour
- 2-3 drops pure vanilla essence
Method
1
Heat the cream in a small saucepan and bring almost to boiling point.
2
Begin by sieving the cocoa powder into a bowl add the egg yolks, sugar, cornflour and vanilla and beat well together. Pour over the hot cream, stirring all the time.
3
Return the mixture to the saucepan and heat, very gently, still stirring, until the sauce thickens. Just a minute or two.
4
If the custard does overheat, just take it off the heat and beat it until it becomes smooth. The addition of the cornflour stabilises the mixture.
5
Try this chocolate custard in a chocolate trifle.
6
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