Chocolate Buttermilk Pudding

Chocolate Buttermilk Pudding

This is a snap to make and it is so smooth and velvety, you will never make box pudding again!
Course Dessert
Servings 6

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.