Chocolate Buttermilk Pudding
This is a snap to make and it is so smooth and velvety, you will never make box pudding again!
Ingredients
Pudding
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened chocolate
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 large egg
- 1 4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate baking bar finely chopped
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Buttermilk Cream
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup buttermilk
Instructions
Pudding
- Prepare Pudding by whisking together first 4 ingredients in a large saucepan.
- Slowly whisk in 1 cup buttermilk to make a smooth paste.
- Whisk together 1 ¼ cups cream, egg yolks, and egg in a 2 cup glass measuring cup.
- Slowly add cream mixture to buttermilk mixture, whisking constantly until well blended.
- Cook pudding over medium heat, whisking constantly, about 10 minutes or until mixture begins to boil and thicken. Remove from heat.
- Add chopped semi-sweet chocolate, whisk until smooth.
- Add butter and vanilla, and whisk until butter melts and pudding is smooth.
- Transfer to a bowl and place plastic wrap directly on warm pudding to prevent a film from forming. Chill 4-24 hours.
Buttermilk Cream
- Prepare Buttermilk Cream by beating ¾ cup cream, ¼ cup powdered sugar, and ¼ cup buttermilk at high speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
- Divide pudding into bowls and top with a dollop of buttermilk cream.