Chocolate-orange Pots De Crème

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups whipping cream
• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 4 tablespoons grand marnier or 4 tablespoons orange liqueur
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
• 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
• 8 large egg yolks
• 7 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 bring 1 cup cream to simmer in medium saucepan. remove from heat.
• 2 add chocolate; whisk until smooth. whisk in 2 tablespoons grand marnier.
• 3 spoon 1 tablespoon chocolate mixture into each of eight 3/4-cup custard cups. place cups in freezer.
• 4 reserve remaining chocolate mixture. (used to top custard after baking).
• 5 combine milk, orange zest and 2 cups cream in medium saucepan. scrape in seeds from vanilla beans; add beans. bring to simmer.
• 6 whisk yolks and sugar in large bowl to blend. whisk hot cream mixture into yolk mixture. let stand 30 minutes.
• 7 strain through fine sieve set over medium bowl, pressing on solids. whisk 2 tablespoons grand marnier into custard.
• 8 preheat oven to 325°f
• 9 ladle custard over chocolate in cups. place cups in large baking pan. pour enough hot water into pan to come halfway up sides of cups.
• 10 bake until custards are set, about 50 minutes. remove cups from water.
• 11 stir chocolate mixture over low heat until just pourable if necessary. spoon generous 1 tablespoon chocolate mixture over each. chill overnight. serve cold.