Chocolate Yummy

Name: Chocolate Yummy
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 6 servings Chocolate shavings, for garnish; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 454 grams cream cheese; 99 grams dark chocolate, coarsely chopped; 3 egg yolks; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 28 grams milk chocolate, coarsely chopped; 85 grams pecans, toasted; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Chocolate Yummy a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 952 calories, 13g of protein, and 79g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up chocolate, chocolate shavings, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place the pecans and sugar in a food processor and pulse together for 30 seconds.

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Pecans

Sugar

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Food Processor

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, and the pecan-sugar mixture, then stir in the flour and salt until just mixed. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Pecans

Sugar

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

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Oven

Use your fingers to press the chilled dough into a 9-inch square baking dish. Prick the dough with a fork and bake 10 to 15 minutes, until lightly golden. Cool the cooked dough while preparing the remaining layers.

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Dough

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Baking Pan

Oven

Heat the cream for the pudding in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Stir together the sugar and egg yolks in a mixing bowl. When the cream is hot (but not boiling), temper the cream into the yolks by slowly adding half the cream while stirring vigorously, then stir the egg mixture back into the cream in the saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat for 5 to 7 minutes, until it is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

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Egg Yolk

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Sauce Pan

Place the dark and milk chocolate in a mixing bowl with the butter, vanilla, and salt.

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Milk Chocolate

Vanilla

Butter

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Pour the hot cream mixture over the chocolate and stir until the chocolate and butter are melted.

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Chocolate

Butter

Cream

Spread the pudding in a shallow dish to cool and cover it with a piece of plastic wrap placed directly on the surface so a skin does not form.

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Spread

Wrap

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In a small mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar together until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

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In the bowl of an electric mixer, or by hand, whip the cream to soft peaks, then add the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and whip a few minutes more, until stiff peaks form.

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Cream

Sugar

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Bowl

Spread the cream cheese over the cooled shortbread crust, top with the pudding, and then add the whipped cream. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or overnight.

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Whipped Cream

Cream Cheese

Shortbread Cookies

Crust

Garnish with additional chocolate shavings, if desired.

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Chocolate Shavings

Reprinted with permission from Real Cajun by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe, © 2009 Clarkson PotterDONALD LINK is the chef-owner of Herbsaint and Cochon in New Orleans. He won the James Beard Best Chef South Region Award in 2007.PAULA DISBROWE is the author of Cowgirl Cuisine and co-author of Susan Spicer's Crescent City Cooking. She lives in Austin, Texas.