How to make vanilla custard for use in a hot chocolate recipe?
Hey guys, I saw this recipe on the Food Network show Paula’s Best Dishes, and I’ve been looking all over for it. It starts out by making a vanilla custard, and that’s basically what I’m trying to look up a recipe for. The recipe itself is called workaholics hot chocolate, so if anyone knows this recipe, please answer.
Thanks in advance.
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Work-a-holic’s Hot Chocolate
Recipe courtesy Max Brenner
See this recipe on air Monday Aug. 04 at 12:00 PM ET/PT.
Show: Paula’s Best Dishes
Episode: Chocolate Cures
Vanilla Custard:
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 1/2 cups milk, divided
1/2 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Hot chocolate:
7 ounces (2 chocolate bars) semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup milk, boiled
Sprinkle the cornstarch over 1/2 cup of the milk in a small bowl and whisk to dissolve. Add the sugar and egg yolks and whisk well.
In a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over low heat, bring the remaining 2 cups of the milk and the vanilla bean just to a simmer. Remove the bean, scrape the vanilla seeds into the milk, and discard the bean. Gradually whisk the egg yolk mixture into the milk.
Cook, whisking often, until the sauce comes to a full boil, about 3 minutes. If using vanilla extract, stir it in now. Strain through a wire sieve into a bowl. Serve warm.
Add to the vanilla cream the chopped chocolate chunks and a boiled cup of milk. Mix until smooth. Any flavor can be added- raspberry, cinnamon, holiday ginger spice, marshmallows. The semi-sweet chocolate can be substituted with milk or white chocolate.