Chocolate Hazelnut Pots De Crème

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 3 (1 1/2 ounce) godiva dark chocolate bars, broken up
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons frangelico
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons frangelico
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts

Recipe

• 1 combine half-and-half, chocolate and sugar in small heavy saucepan. cook and stir over medium heat for 10 minutes or until the mixture reaches a full boil and thickens.
• 2 gradually stir about half of hot chocolate mixture into beaten egg yolks. stir egg yolk mixture into remaining hot chocolate mixture. cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes. remove from heat.
• 3 stir in frangelico and vanilla. pour chocolate mixture into six pots de crème cups, demitasse cups or soufflé cups. cover and chill for 2 hours.
• 4 make the sweetened whipped cream:.
• 5 in a chilled bowl, beat cream with sugar and frangelico until soft peaks form, using electric mixer at medium speed.
• 6 assembly:.
• 7 garnish each pot de crème with a dollop of whipped cream and chopped hazelnuts.