Chocolate Pudding
The cream smells a little funky.
Here, you smell it.
Eh! Seems ok -- into the measuring cup it goes!
The milk looks like a braid falling into the pot.
To the cream and milk, you add vanilla.
The dry ingredients -- sugar, eggs, tapioca flour, and chocolate.
Measuring the tapioca flour.
Dropping the egg yolks one-by-one into the blender.
Tapioca flour and egg yolk.
A snow storm inside the blender. It's just tapioca flour clinging to the sides.
The paste the tapioca and yolks form.
As the blender runs, you pour the hot milk mixture right into it. The heat of the milk cooks the eggs and thickens the pudding.
Last but not least, it's time to add the chocolate. This chocolate came in pellets; if yours doesn't, chop it into small pieces.
Don't forget to strain the pudding into a bowl.
I poured the pudding into an assortment of cups -- so we'd have options for our photo shoot.
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Author Notes: For months, Alex Talbot, one half of the duo behind the ingenious blog, Ideas In Food, has been telling me I had to try the chocolate pudding from their new book. The entire pudding is assembled, and the eggs cooked and thickened, in a blender. The texture, spun by tapioca flour (rather than cornstarch) is otherworldly, he promised.
Talbot’s and Aki Kamozawa's recipe satisfied every wish. Merrill compared its richness to Italian hot chocolate. Another food52er described its texture as having the bouncy elasticity of diner pudding. It was sleek and charming, not at all daunted by the demands of satisfying childhood memories - amanda
Serves 3 to 4
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 ounces 66% cacao dark chocolate, chopped
- Unsweetened whipped cream, for serving (optional)
- Put the egg yolks and tapioca flour in a blender and blend on low speed until a light-colored paste forms.
- Combine the sugar, cream, milk, salt, and vanilla in a saucepan set over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove it from the heat. Turn the blender containing the egg and tapioca mixture back on low. Quickly and carefully, pour the hot milk mixture into the blender and increase the speed to medium. The heat will cook the egg yolks and allow the tapioca to thicken to the consistency of thick mayonnaise.
- With the blender running, add the chocolate in stages so it is emulsified into the pudding. When all the chocolate is added, strain the pudding into a serving bowl (or 3 to 4 serving bowls) and let it cool to room temperature before transferring to the refrigerator to cool completely. Top with whipped cream if you like.
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over 1 year ago rederin
The flavor of this pudding is fantastic. I didn't have my thinking cap on when I made it, so added the chocolate before I blended. It still turned out great, but was more the consistency of mousse. I am not complaining! I will try again following the instructions. ;) Oh, and I couldn't find tapioca flour. Instead, I used quick cooking tapioca. I conducted a very cursory online investigation, and determined this was an all right thing to do. If anyone else has comments on the tapioca issue, I'd be interested to hear it.
over 1 year ago Shipper
Hi. I am Dairy Free. Can I use canned coconut milk (thicker than refrigerated coconut milk) to use as the heavy cream? (cant use say tofu or nuts, either, btw). So...will that work? Thanks.
over 1 year ago Teri.stein
This didn't work for me at all - I couldn't get it to emulsify. I used my vitamin at a setting of five - too slow? Too fast? I ended up with a delicious tasting custard but no pudding. What do you think went wrong?
over 1 year ago Teri.stein
That would be my vitamix - thank you, autocorrect...
over 1 year ago amanda
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
Sounds like you did it correctly. When you say it didn't emulsify, do you mean it split or separated? Did you chill it before eating? It shouldn't get as thick as regular pudding -- should be more silky and light. Let me know what yours was like.
over 1 year ago jblock
What kind of strainer?
about 1 year ago amanda
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
Sorry for the slow response! A fine mesh strainer -- fine enough to catch any tiny bits.
over 1 year ago Matilda Luk
I tried this last night and the method works like a charm--the pudding thickened exactly as described and looks identical to the photos here. I've never liked cornstarch puddings much and eggy ones were custards, not puddings to me, so this tapioca one sounded intriguing. I'd say the tapioca was key--every recipe that calls for cornstarch calls for dissolving it in a little liquid first, then boiling it with the other liquid for a minute or two. These recipes also call for more cornstarch, as much as 1/4 cup--I wouldn't sub one for the other, especially in this recipe. The final product is much stiffer than chocolate puddings I made in the past--a colleague described it as "spoonable fudge".
over 1 year ago amanda
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
Thrilled to hear you like it!
about 2 years ago SugarDumplin'
I tried to make this recipe but I didn't have any tapioca flour. I substituted cornstarch instead, mixed the heck out of it, but it never thicken up. I'd like to try the recipe again. Any thoughts on what I might have gone wrong?
over 1 year ago ejm
Sugar - I think you need to stick with the tapioca flour for this method. Cornstarch needs heat longer and probably higher than this recipe will give it I think to thicken up.
about 2 years ago Soozll
The sea salt in the ingredient list reads "1/2 cup teaspoon fine sea salt"