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Creme Brulee in French means “burnt cream”, but it is also known as crema catalana, or Trinity cream. An original Creme Brulee is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hard caramel, created by caramelizing sugar under a broiler, with a blowtorch or other intense heat source, or by pouring cooked caramel on top of the custard. However, this recipe is for a Creme Brulee in chocolate to serve as a treat to all chocolate lovers out there!

Chocolate Creme Brulee

Ingredients
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons sugar – divided



Directions

• Whisk together the cream, milk and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium heat.
• Add in the chocolate baking squares.
• Heat until it starts to steam, do not boil, and chocolate is melted – approximately 10-15 minutes.
• Whisk the egg yolk together in a medium bowl with 1 tablespoon of sugar.
• Slowly pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixutre, whisking continuously.
• Pour the mixture back into the sacuepan and heat over medium heat, stirring often, until it thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Pour into custard cups.
• Place the cups in a large baking pan with 2 inch sides.
• Add enough water to come 1/2 way up the sides of the cups.
• Bake until the custard is set, approximately 1 hour.
• Remove the custard cups from the water bath and allow to cool.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Before serving, sprinkle each top with 1/2 tablespoon of sugar.
• Place them under the broiler in the oven for 2 minutes just to caramelize the sugar.
• Serve immediately.

[via Recipetips.com ]