Red Velvet Pot de Crème | Food Wishes

Hello, this is chef john from foodwishes.com with red velvet pot de creme. That's right!

Inspired by the famous cake, i'm going to show you how to make a very, very

fancy french style chocolate pudding.

And when people hear the words fancy french, they think complicated, but this is actually very simple to make, and everyone's gonna love it,

especially your valentine. And

to get started, what we'll need is three egg yolks, as well as some whole milk, some cream,

plus a little touch of cream cheese to help give us those red velvet vibes. And

then, of course, we'll also need some semi-sweet chocolate.

And if you're keeping score at home, i'm using a 62 cacao,

and then we'll also do a little bit of optional red food coloring to get that signature mahogany color. And

then, besides a little bit of vanilla and a pinch of salt, that's going to be it for the ingredients.

And then what we'll do is add our egg yolks, milk, and

cream to a saucepan, since we're doing a much easier stovetop version of this.

Right, pot of cream is usually baked in the oven, but i really do prefer this method.

And once everything's in there, we'll take our whisk and pop those yolk, and

then we'll give everything a nice whisking before we head to the stove, where we will place this over medium heat.

And then we'll cook it, stirring pretty much constantly, until the mixture gets very hot but does not yet come to a simmer. And i don't