Chocolate Mint Pudding

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Our Victorian friends were enjoying chocolate mints long before they became popular candy confections. Mint was often added to chocolate pudding during the early to mid-19th century to create a unique, refreshing, minty flavor. This recipe is adapted from The Cook's Oracle by William Kitchiner published in 1830.

Chocolate Mint Pudding

Ingredients:
3 cups fat-free milk
1/2 cup packed fresh mint leaves (about 1/2 ounce)
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped Mint sprigs (optional)

Directions:
Heat milk over medium-high heat in a small, heavy saucepan to 180° or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil).

Remove from heat; add mint. Let stand 15 minutes; strain milk mixture through a sieve into a bowl, reserving milk. Discard solids.

Return milk to pan; stir in sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt. Return pan to medium heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a whisk until mixture thickens.

Place egg yolks in a medium bowl; gradually add half of hot milk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk.

Add egg mixture to pan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute or until thick.

Remove from heat; add vanilla and chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts.

Pour pudding into a bowl; cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap.

Chill and garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
 
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Our Victorian friends were enjoying chocolate mints long before they became popular candy confections. Mint was often added to chocolate pudding during the early to mid-19th century to create a unique, refreshing, minty flavor. This recipe is adapted from The Cook's Oracle by William Kitchiner published in 1830.

Chocolate Mint Pudding

Ingredients:
3 cups fat-free milk
1/2 cup packed fresh mint leaves (about 1/2 ounce)
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped Mint sprigs (optional)

Directions:
Heat milk over medium-high heat in a small, heavy saucepan to 180° or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil).

Remove from heat; add mint. Let stand 15 minutes; strain milk mixture through a sieve into a bowl, reserving milk. Discard solids.

Return milk to pan; stir in sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt. Return pan to medium heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a whisk until mixture thickens.

Place egg yolks in a medium bowl; gradually add half of hot milk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk.

Add egg mixture to pan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute or until thick.

Remove from heat; add vanilla and chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts.

Pour pudding into a bowl; cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap.

Chill and garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
Yum!
 
Ellie. Once again another excellent award winning recipe. Don't you get tired of producing award winning recipes all of the time? I certainly do not get tired of producing them in my kitchen. I appreciate the efforts of all of the foodies on this forum, but more especially my great friends, Eleanor and Donna. Your old recipes certainly bring back a lot of great childhood memories. Thanks to you both. David.
 

Our Victorian friends were enjoying chocolate mints long before they became popular candy confections. Mint was often added to chocolate pudding during the early to mid-19th century to create a unique, refreshing, minty flavor. This recipe is adapted from The Cook's Oracle by William Kitchiner published in 1830.

Chocolate Mint Pudding

Ingredients:
3 cups fat-free milk
1/2 cup packed fresh mint leaves (about 1/2 ounce)
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped Mint sprigs (optional)

Directions:
Heat milk over medium-high heat in a small, heavy saucepan to 180° or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil).

Remove from heat; add mint. Let stand 15 minutes; strain milk mixture through a sieve into a bowl, reserving milk. Discard solids.

Return milk to pan; stir in sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt. Return pan to medium heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a whisk until mixture thickens.

Place egg yolks in a medium bowl; gradually add half of hot milk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk.

Add egg mixture to pan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute or until thick.

Remove from heat; add vanilla and chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts.

Pour pudding into a bowl; cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap.

Chill and garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
Yum! Peppermint patty pudding!
 
I once greatly disappointed two little boys because of this! We were having a community dinner--and I was in charge of dessert. I phoned the woman at whose house we were meeting with a question: if I brought a chocolate mousse, would she have room in her refrigerator? Her sons, who were on the extension listening in, expected that I would show up leading a huge, antlered animal that was made of chocolate. When I arrived with a covered bowl, one exclaimed to the other, "Why it's nothing but a mess of pudding!". :hungry:
 
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