Recipe for "choc-pudding-1"

NAME

     CHOC-PUDDING-1 - A high-cholesterol chocolate dessert
     This recipe comes from a friend's aunt. It always  seems  to
     taste wonderful no matter how sloppily I measure things.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-6)

     500 ml    double cream
     60 g      sugar
     60 ml     water
     180 g     plain chocolate
     3         egg yolks

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Whisk 1/2 of the cream until stiff and  spread  it
               around  the  edges of a large bowl. Freeze for 1/2
               to 1 hour.
          (2)  Dissolve the sugar in the water, bring to the boil
               and simmer for 3 minutes until syrupy.  Meanwhile,
               break chocolate into blender or warm bowl.
          (3)  Pour the hot sugar syrup onto  the  chocolate  and
               blend or whisk until the chocolate has all melted.
               Add  the  egg  yolks  and  mix   the   whole   lot
               thoroughly.
          (4)  Whisk the remaining cream into soft peaks and fold
               gently  into  the chocolate mixture. Pour into the
               centre of the frozen cream and freeze for  several
               hours until solid. Cover when fully frozen.

NOTES

     Although the recipe ``serves 4-6,'' two people will  happily
     eat the whole thing.
     The outside is frozen solid, so you may find a  fork  useful
     for breaking your portion into pieces without showering fel-
     low diners with fragments. It could be served in small  por-
     tions, but don't count on having any left over.
     Double cream has more than 45% butterfat. It is difficult to
     find  cream  in  North  America that is richer than whipping
     cream, which is typically 32% butterfat.  If  you  can  find
     heavy  cream  it  is likely to be 36%. Use the richest cream
     you can find.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 20  minutes  preparation,  3  hours
     cooling.  Precision: no need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     William Roberts
     Department of Computer Science & Statistics
     Queen Mary College
     University of London, UK
     liam@qmc-cs.UUCP