Chocolate Creme Pots

By maredan

Ingredients

• 1 * 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 * 1 cup milk
• 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 * 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 6 * 6 egg yolks
• 1/4 * 1/4 cup sugar (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 325ºF/160°C. Heat the cream, milk, and vanilla. Melt the chocolate over a bain-marie. Whisk the melted chocolate into the yolks in a bowl, then whisk in milk. Strain. Pour into 6 ramekins and bake in a bain-marie until set at the edges, but slightly jiggly still in the centre, 20 minutes. Remove. Cool. Wrap and refrigerate several hours before serving.