Sunday, January 6, 2013

Baked Sunday Mornings-Malted Milk Chocolate Pots de Crème

This was an "iffy" one for me. I 've made quite a variety of recipes from the "Baked" books and must say, I have loved them all. Not having a lot of experience with puddings or custards, and not being too sure about the malt flavor, I plunged into this recipe, determined to give it the old college try. Since this was a first timer, I decided not to play around with the recipe and do exactly what I was told. (not always an easy thing for me!)
Suffice to say , it worked out just perfectly- they did exactly what they were supposed to do. The real test for me was the tasting. No one in the family has really ever tasted the malt flavor- not even whoppers or malt teasers- they were just never one of our choices in candy. No special reason, just weren't.
I decided not to tell anyone about the malt and do a "wait and see".
I served them for dessert Friday evening to the family. I loved it.The crunch of the crushed Whoppers on top added to the creamy texture of the custard was heavenly. No one "didn't" like it- some felt it was overly sweet for them. I like sweet- even overly sweet. It was smooth, creamy and had a delicate , yet rich flavor. Not too much malt to take over but just that hint that gave the custard that extra zing. 
You can find the recipe here. Not difficult to make and a lovely dessert for guests.

12 comments:

  1. These were so good, weren't they? Yours look fantastic!

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  2. What a cute spoon. And I agree that these could be smaller and still satisfying. Your Pots de creme look lovely.

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  3. Your finished pots look great! Smaller pots would be good too. I have little espresso cups that would look lovely with this custard in them. (hmmm maybe flavoured with a little espresso too)
    Good recipe though. I love simple recipes that look this good.

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  4. Love the extreme closeup pictures! I didn't find mine to be too sweet, but I also used dark chocolate. Awesome spoon! :)

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  5. I love how much chopped malt ball you have on top -- I thought that the texture contrast of the malt balls to the silky custard was fabulous. Yours look delicious!

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  6. Wow! Love all the malted milk balls on top of yours! Looks so good! Nice spoon!

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  8. lovely presentation with the cool spoon :) glad your family did't reject this dessert like mine did :)

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  9. Your pictures are lovely, glad you and your family loved this!

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  10. I was on the fence with this one too - not for the flavor but the consistency.... liquid! These look heavenly - especially with the spoon!

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  11. Yours look really delicious. I like the idea of not telling people what's in it until they try it. That sometimes works well on my kids :)

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  12. Yael, they look great! I too love your funky spoon. :) Glad your family liked the pots de crème-- did you tell them about the malt afterwards? I actually used the Elite chocolate that I just brought back from Israel-- it was perfect for this recipe! :)

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