Title: Chocolate Blancmange
Categories: Dessert Chocolate
Yield: 1 Servings

		This splendid, easy pudding
		Is nearly the
		Quintessential
		It's-late-night-and-I'm-crav
		Ng-chocolate dish. The
		Recipe is
		Adapted from one in Joy of
		Cooking

Melt *in a double boiler* (NOT over flame!):

1 oz. baking chocolate and 1 tbsp. butter

Stir in slowly and heat to boiling:

generous 1/2 c. sugar 1 3/4 c. milk or half-and-half 1/8 tsp. salt

Dissolve:

3 tbsp. + 1 tsp. cornstarch in 1/4 c. milk

Stir cornstarch mixture slowly into hot milk mixture. Cook 10 minutes, *stirring constantly*. Pudding will thicken pretty much all at once after several minutes. Original recipe says to cover and cook 10 more minutes till you can no longer taste the cornstarch, but to be honest, I don't always bother with this step as I can't detect an unpleasantly cornstarchy taste anyway.

Let cool till just warm and add:

1 tsp. vanilla

Mound in individual dishes and serve with half-and-half or cream. Wonderful warm or cold. For a mocha effect, add a little freshly brewed strong coffee (NOT instant or stale). Or add a little grated orange rind if you like orange chocolate. From: Pat Stockett Date: 05-22-96 (06:15) Online Connections (410) National C

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