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Mint and chocolate cream

Inspired by the chocolate cornstarch cream, this cold cream, with the very matching flavors of mint and chocolate, will give you a delicious and quick dessert.

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Last modified on: July 10^th 2022

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For 18 people, you will need:

1 ½ cup fresh mint leaves
2 6 ¹⁄₃ cups whole milk
3 1 cup dark chocolate
4 ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar
5 ¹⁄₃ cup cornflour
6 9 tablespoons water

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	15 min.	15 min.	43 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Coarsely chop ½ cup fresh mint leaves.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Pour 6 ¹⁄₃ cups whole milk into a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

As soon as the milk boils, turn off the heat, add the mint leaves, stir, cover, and let stand for 15 minutes.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

After this time, pour the contents of the pan into a fine strainer set over a bowl.

Squeeze the mint leaves well to fully express the flavor.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Pour the mint milk back into the pan (which you will have quickly cleaned) and put back on low heat.

Add 1 cup dark chocolate, cut into small pieces or better yet into chocolate drops (pistoles) and ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

With a whisk, stir gently to melt the chocolate completely, turn off the heat as soon as it is finished.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Dilute ¹⁄₃ cup cornflour in 9 tablespoons water, and whisk this mixture into the milk all at once.

The cream will thicken in seconds.

Stage 8

Divide the cream between ramekins, cups or glasses and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Stage 9

Serve cold, if possible decorated with a few mint leaves.

Remarks

If you prefer a little more sweetness, you can increase the weight of sugar a little, or replace half of the dark chocolate with milk chocolate.

The amount of mint leaves indicated is quite indicative, if you want a more pronounced mint taste, don't hesitate to increase (very) significantly the dose.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,286 Kcal or 9,571 Kj	85 gr	260 gr	100 gr
114 %	33 %	24 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
114 Kcal or 477 Kj	4 gr	13 gr	5 gr
6 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
127 Kcal or 532 Kj	5 gr	14 gr	6 gr
6 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 18 people : 13.39 £
Per person : 0.74 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Dauphinois, Canadian rice pudding, Bourguignon potatoes , Naan, Mousse with two chocolates, ... All
	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's chocolate cake, Chocolate tart, Chocolate Chantilly , Chocolate muffins, Chocolate mug cake, ... All
	Fresh mint leaves: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry-mint sorbet, Chicken club sandwich, Peach and mint salad , Strawberries with mint and cream, Minted Melon, ... All
	Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Du Barry soup, Chestnut moelleux, Chocolate eclairs, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, Almond cream or frangipane, ... All

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