Crème pâtissière au chocolat: Chocolate Pastry Cream

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A delicious and sinful dark chocolate pastry cream perfect for some chocolate eclairs! Visit the source, Just Eat!, for a step-by-step pictorial recipe!

Ingredients

• 2 cups Whole Milk
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup Raw Sugar
• 7 tablespoons Bread Flour
• 4.25 ounces Dark Chocolate

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a medium pot, pour milk in and let it begin heating over medium-high heat.

2. In a clean mixing bowl, combine sugar and egg yolks.

3. Chop chocolate and place it in a heat-proof mixing bowl.

4. Bring milk to a boil, then remove from heat.

5. Slowly add 1/3 of boiling milk to egg-sugar mixture.

6. Whisk very quickly while adding milk and for about a minute after milk in in the bowl.

7. Place milk back on heat on low, then add egg-sugar mixture. Whisk continuously until it become thick like a pudding.

8. Transfer thickened cream to the heat-proof bowl with chocolate and combine until smooth.

9. Let cream cool, then transfer to the fridge for 1 hour.