Ok this is the recipe for chocolate pots which are as good as anything I’ve ever tasted.
These quantities make about 3 ramskins but I’m sure you could double them up etc. 100 gram plain chocolate (careful of being too posh here as it can get bitter); 2 large eggs (separated); juice of half an orange; pinch of salt & some sugar to taste (about 1 cube).
- Melt the chocolate in bowl
- Whip the egg whites – if you do them too stiff they become hard to fold so I leave it to your experience
- Add the beaten egg yolks to the chocolate with the salt, sugar and juice. Stir until amalgamated and slightly thickened again
- Remove from heat and add a bit of beaten egg white to slacken the mix, then fold in the rest
- Pour into ramskins and chill till set.
Not much to it and these are delicious but I guess it is down to the quality of chocolate and eggs. Last time I tried it with much cheaper plain cooking chocolate and it was better cos it wasn’t so bitter (and it was cheaper hooray).
I don’t know much about the know-how about chocolate and you are supposed to be careful about splitting etc but I’ve done it a few times now and if you keep stirring the chocolate, juice, yolks, sugar & salt over the heat it seems to amalgamate alright. And only takes about 15 minutes.
