Chocolate Pudding With Whipped Cream

Ingredients

• 1 quart milk
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 ounces chocolate
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons boiling water
• whipped cream
• vanilla extract

Method

1. 1 Reserve 1/2 cup milk; heat the remaining 3 1/2 cups in a double boiler.
2. 2 Mix cornstarch with reserved cold milk. Beat eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt; add to cornstarch mixture.
3. 3 Stir egg mixture into hot milk, beating well for one minute.
4. 4 Melt chocolate with 4 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons boiling water over heat until smooth.
5. 5 Beat melted chocolate into hot pudding. Cook 10 minutes total from adding eggs.
6. 6 Serve cold with powdered sugar and cream, or mold and fill center with vanilla whipped cream.