Cups of chocolate and coffee cream

Making desserts at home is rewarding, delicious and, I must admit, really addictive! Even more so when you discover how easy it can be to make recipes as delicious as the one Virginia, author of the blog Sweet&Sour , brings us today. You will love this chocolate cream dessert.

Do you remember those chocolate spreads from your childhood? Well, with this recipe you will once again enjoy that pleasure, but for adult palates, since we will add a touch of coffee and another of liqueur to the chocolate, if you like.

Of course, this cream is infinitely better, more natural and less cloying than the ones you buy and, above all, you know exactly what each of these little cups contains.

It's been a year since, thanks to Claudia & Julia, I got the Tefal Multidelices yogurt maker , and I can confess that I can't be too lazy to have not only fresh and light yogurts in the fridge and very natural creamy cheeses, but also little desserts like these, which give me the treat of the week.
It's nice to come home from the beach or the pool, or simply after a hot day at work, and have a nice cold treat at your disposal just by opening the fridge!!!

In this case, the treat is a chocolate and coffee cream, which you can have ready in just 25 minutes and without actually going into the kitchen to dirty dishes and suffer from the heat.

In this case, the marriage of chocolate and coffee is a total success. If you also top it with a little whipped cream and accompany it with some red fruits, you will also turn it into a dessert that will effortlessly triumph at any gathering. But choose quality chocolate: it makes all the difference!
How do we do it? Let's get to the recipe:

INGREDIENTS (For 6 glasses of 150 ml)

• 120 gr. of quality chocolate 52% mg
• 30 gr. of butter at room temperature
• 350 ml of whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon of instant coffee
• 1 tablespoon of Rum, Whiskey or the liquor of your choice (optional)
• 2 "L" egg yolks at room temperature
• 30 gr. of powdered sugar
• 20 gr. quality cocoa powder, sifted

To decorate:

• 200 ml of Cream 35% mg
• Chocolate chips
• Red Fruits

PREPARATION

1. We cut the butter into small cubes and set aside.
2. Chop the chocolate with a knife and place in a bowl. Set aside.
3. In a medium saucepan , over medium heat, heat half of the cream with the tablespoon of instant coffee and the liqueur (if you want to use it - I don't recommend you do this if children are going to enjoy it). Let the coffee dissolve and the cream heat up.
4. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and add the butter. Leave to rest for a couple of minutes so that the heat melts the chocolate and butter, before mixing well with a rubber spatula to obtain a smooth cream. Set aside.
5. In another bowl, mix the yolks with the sugar and sifted cocoa, and beat lightly with the whisk of an electric mixer until they have almost doubled in volume, just 50%, just enough to give a little volume and make the cream smoother.
6. Mix this preparation with the chocolate mixture until obtaining a homogeneous cream. Add the remaining cream and mix again.
7. We distribute the cream into the glasses of the Tefal Multidelices yogurt maker , filling them up to 3/4 full.
8. Fill the base of the Tefal Multidelices yogurt maker with water up to the maximum limit indicated. Place the cups, without the lids, inside. Plug in, choose the dessert option and set the time to 25 minutes. Press Ok and wait. The machine will beep when the time has finished.
9. Unplug. Let cool to room temperature. Cover with lids and put into the fridge. Ready to enjoy chilled at any time.
10. When serving, whip the cream, sprinkle with grated chocolate or chocolate shavings and decorate with red berries.
11. Simply delicious. One of those desserts that takes you back to your childhood.

Tips:
*If children are going to enjoy the cream and you don't want coffee or liquor, just omit it from the recipe.

Enjoy.
Virginia.