Chocolate madness

Yield: 6 Servings

Measure Ingredient
1 cup Whipping cream
½ cup Unsalted butter or margarine
\N \N At room temperature
6 ounces Semisweet chocolate chips
4 \N Egg yolks
½ teaspoon Mint extract, or other
\N \N Flavoring -- to taste
\N \N Mint leaves or whipped cream
\N \N For decoration

1. Bring cream to a boil in a small, heavy saucepan.

2. Cut butter into chunks. Put butter, chocolate chips, egg yolks, and mint extract in bowl of food processor or blender; add hot cream. Process until smooth (about 30 seconds). Adjust flavoring to taste.

3. Pour mixture into small dessert dishes and chill in freezer about 45 minutes, or in refrigerator for several hours. Decorate with mint leaves or whipped cream, if desired.

Makes 6 servings, ½ cup each. * Timesaver Tip: Recipe can be prepared up to a day ahead and stored, covered, in refrigerator.

Microwave Version: Pour cream into a glass bowl or 2-cup glass measure.

Microwave on 100% power until tiny bubbles break the surface (2 to 3 minutes). Continue with step 2. Preparation time and timesaver tips same as above.

Recipe By : the California Culinary Academy File

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