OMG. I'm not one to heavily emote; even less extensively do I emoticon, or otherwise venture into the acronymous language to which cell-phone texting has given birth. But OMG. I think I've found the supreme chocolate-lovers dessert. You also have to love coconut.
. . . And curry, but stay with me.
Purchase and then have ready these ingredients:-1 14 oz. can coconut milk (lite is fine, and I'd recommend it, since regular weighs in around 40 grams of fat per can)
-3 Tbsp. sugar
-Scant 1/4 tsp. salt
-2 Tbsp. arrowroot powder
-1 teaspoon curry powder (optional, but try it. Come on.)
-2 Tbsp. good cocoa
-3 1/2 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped or chocolate chips
-1 tsp. vanilla
-1/4 c. sweetened, flaked coconut, toasted in a hot, dry skillet (unless you're soulless, 1/4 cup ain't going to do it here, so make sure you have extra on hand)
1. Shake the coconut milk can vigorously before opening. Then heat one cup of it in a saucepan over low heat with the sugar and the salt, until it just barely starts to simmer.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together remaining coconut milk, arrowroot and curry powders, and cocoa. It'll look like thick chocolate pudding.
3. When coconut milk/sugar mixture has started simmering, take 1/4 c. of it and whisk it gradually into the arrowroot mixture. Turn the heat down to its lowest setting. Then gradually mix the arrowroot mixture into the coconut milk in the pot, whisking vigorously and continuously. Keep whisking until it returns to a simmer and thickens a bit, ~1 minute.
4. Remove from heat, and continue to whisk for another minute. Now whisk in the vanilla and chocolate; stir till smooth. Portion the pudding into ramekins (or mugs, or small bowls, or glasses) and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Plastic wrap=no pudding skin. When ready to eat, garnish with toasted coconut. Devour. (Adapted from The Oregonian, who in turn adapted it from 101cookbooks.com, which happens to be on my blogroll. Go figure.)
P.S. If you use dark chocolate in this, then it would be vegan!
1 comment:
I was just about to make some chocolate pudding when I saw this post. Yum! This looks interesting! I'd have to buy some of the ingredients though, but I can't wait to try this! Im nuts about coconut :)
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