Cantucci Double Chocolate Pudding Parfait
This Italian double chocolate pudding parfait is delicious - chocolatey, milky, crunchy, sweet but not too sweet, and ready in under 30 mins.
Equipment
- 1 milk pot
- 1 small pot
- 1 small whisker preferably a soft one like silicone
- 1 sifter
- 1 medium bowl
- 1 chopping board
- 1 knife
- 2 tablespoons
- 2 dessert glasses
Ingredients
Ingredients for Homemade Crema Pasticcera with Chocolate
- 250 ml milk I used regular, full fat
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence adjust quantity based on the strength of the vanilla you are using. Mine is pretty strong.
- 3 medium egg yolks
- 60 gr sugar I used coconut sugar to make this healthier but the classic crema pasticcera calls for white sugar.
- 20 gr rice or corn starch I used corn starch, which makes it thicker.
- 60 gr milk chocolate bar
Ingredients for the Chocolate Pudding Parfait
- 12 mini Cantucci biscuits or less if you are using the regular size
- 250 gr mascarpone
- 50 gr chocolate chips I used milk but dark is fine too.
Instructions
Making Homemade Crema Pasticcera with Chocolate
- Grate your chocolate bar and set aside.
- Add the milk in your pot together with the vanilla essence, and let it heat until it starts boiling.
- In another pot, add your egg yolks, but don't put them on the stove.
- Next, add the sugar.
- Follow by adding your starch of choice.
- Don't let those ingredients sit for long, and start mixing them right away with your whisker. You want to achieve a creamy consistency without too many lumps.
- Watch the milk so you can take it off the heat when it starts boiling.
- Take your sifter and pour half of the warm milk through it on top of the egg yolks.
- Start whisking the milk into the creamy yolks.
- Repeat with the rest of the milk.
- Next, put your pot over the heat, and continue whisking until the liquid mixture turns into a somewhat tick cream. You can whisk a little more if you want it extra thick but don't forget it tends to thicken more when it cools down.
- Quickly add the grated chocolate in and whisk that in off the heat, so that the chocolate melts into the crema while the latter is still warm.
- Let the crema rest and cool down while you prepare the other ingredients.
Prepare the Sweet Mascarpone
- Add your mascarpone to a medium bowl, with a tablespoon of sugar and the chocolate chips. Mix well and set aside.
Make the Chocolate Pudding Parfait
- Before you start making it, take your biscuits and cut them into tiny bites. Set aside in a plate.
- Take your dessert glasses and layer two tablespoons of chocolate crema pasticcera, which is the Italian equivalent to custard.
- Top with the cantucci bites you've just chopped.
- Top with one to two tablespoons mascarpone mix.
- Add one more layer of chocolate custard, a few biscuits and finish with the mascarpone.
- Put in the fridge for a couple of hours so that both the custard and the mascarpone can set, and dig in.
Notes
This is a caloric dessert because of the mascarpone and sugar. If you want to make it with less calories follow our tips in the article. Otherwise, you can simply make 4 servings out of this recipe and cut the calories by half per serving.