Pudding is one of those comfort desserts for me that I don’t have often but when I do, I feel why don’t I make it more often because it’s so easy to make, not as sweet and a very wholesome dessert. This recipe needs very few ingredients and makes almost 6-8 servings. You can make pudding for a date night, for a fancy dinner or a kid’s party. Try it.
Ingredients (Pudding):
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Corn starch
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tsp Instant coffee
- 2 ½ cup Milk
- 4 large Egg yolks
- 2 tbsp unsalted Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Ingredients (Whipped cream):
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup icing sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Tip:
- Use fresh and room temperature ingredients.
- Precisely follow the procedure step by step, timing is everything.
- Always keep stirring the mixture and don’t be impatient.
- After the pudding is off the heat and strained, add butter quickly so it melts better.
Directions:
- In a heavy bottomed saucepan, whisk sugar, corn starch, cocoa powder, instant coffee and salt together.
- Add milk to the mixture in small quantities at a time and whisk slowly to get rid of any lumps.
- After the milk is well incorporated, add egg yolks and whisk everything together.
- Switch on the gas stove at medium flame and keep stirring the mixture continuously, until it starts to bubble and gets more thick.
- As soon as mixture bubbles at the edges and becomes thick, put on a timer for 1 minute and keep on stirring.
- After the minute is up, take saucepan off the heat and put the pudding through a strainer to get rid of any lumps.
- Then, add butter and vanilla extract to pudding and mix well.
- Cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 5-6 hours or overnight.
- Meanwhile, whip the heavy cream using a hand mixer and when it starts to get fluffy, add icing sugar and vanilla extract and again start whipping until it can hold peaks.
- Put the whipped cream in a piping bag and refrigerate.
- Take the pudding and whipped cream out of the refrigerator.
- Serve pudding in a dessert bowl after adding whipped cream, some cocoa powder and chocolate chips on top.
