Chocolate-verbena cream

For 6 people, you will need:

1 300 g milk
2 300 g cream
3 2 handfuls Verbena
4 80 g dark chocolate
5 1 teaspoon powdered cocoa (optional)
6 4 egg yolks
7 100 g caster sugar
8 40 g cornflour
Total weight: 900 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 20 min.

Resting: 1 hour

Cooking: 45 min.

All in all: 2 hours 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Pour 300 g milk, 300 g cream and 2 handfuls Verbena leaves into a saucepan.

Place over medium heat and bring to the boil.

Stage 2 - 1 hour

Turn off the heat once the mixture has reached boiling point, then blend.

The aim is to distribute the vervain evenly in the milk-cream mixture, to capture the flavors.

Cover and leave to stand for a good hour.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

After this time, strain the mixture through a fine sieve, pressing the vervain well to release all its flavour, then pour back into the rinsed pan, discarding the vervain.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Return the pan to a low heat, and gently stir in 80 g dark chocolate in small pieces or pistoles and 1 teaspoon powdered cocoa.

When well blended, turn off the heat and cover.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

In a bowl, mix 4 egg yolks and 100 g caster sugar, then add 40 g cornflour and mix well again.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Pour everything into the pan and mix well.

Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).

Stage 7 - 6 min.

Divide the mixture between ramekins and place in the drip tray of your oven.

Add enough boiling or hot water to reach halfway up the ramekins.

Stage 8 - 30 min.

Bake for approximately 30 minutes.

Stage 9

Leave to cool after removing from the drip pan, and enjoy warm or cold.

Remarks

The milk-cream-verbena mixture in step 2 can be made in advance, even the day before, to allow the verbena flavors to diffuse.

You can make a milk chocolate version, replacing the dark chocolate, in which case I recommend reducing the weight of powdered sugar a little (80g).

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	40 RDI=20 %	200 RDI=20 %	160 RDI=20 %	2,400 RDI=120 %	10,030 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	20 RDI=2 %	20 RDI=3 %	270 RDI=10 %	1,120 RDI: 10 %
Per person	7 RDI=3 %	30 RDI=3 %	30 RDI=4 %	400 RDI=20 %	1,670 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 2.60 €
Per person : 0.45 €

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