Chocolate Pudding

Use a good-quality bittersweet or semisweet chocolate bar.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

• 2 1/2  cups  fat-free milk, divided
• 1/3  cup  sugar
• 3  tablespoons  cornstarch
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 2  large egg yolks
• 2  teaspoons  butter
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 5  ounces  semisweet chocolate, chopped

Preparation

Place 2 cups milk in a medium, heavy saucepan; bring to a boil. Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Combine remaining 1/2 cup milk and egg yolks, stirring well with a whisk. Add egg yolk mixture to sugar mixture, stirring well. Gradually add half of hot milk to egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute or until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter, vanilla, and chocolate, stirring until melted.

Spoon pudding into a bowl. Place bowl in a large ice-filled bowl for 15 minutes or until pudding is cool, stirring occasionally. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap; chill.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

246 (35% from fat)

Fat:

9.6g (sat 5.6g,mono 3.5g,poly 0.5g)

Protein:

6.4g

Carbohydrate:

35.8g

Fiber:

0.0g

Cholesterol:

74mg

Iron:

0.8mg

Sodium:

157mg

Calcium:

150mg