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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.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 2 large servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 1200
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

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.

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

Method
 

Making Homemade Crema Pasticcera with Chocolate
  1. Grate your chocolate bar and set aside.
  2. Add the milk in your pot together with the vanilla essence, and let it heat until it starts boiling.
  3. In another pot, add your egg yolks, but don't put them on the stove.
  4. Next, add the sugar.
  5. Follow by adding your starch of choice.
  6. 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.
  7. Watch the milk so you can take it off the heat when it starts boiling.
  8. Take your sifter and pour half of the warm milk through it on top of the egg yolks.
  9. Start whisking the milk into the creamy yolks.
  10. Repeat with the rest of the milk.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Let the crema rest and cool down while you prepare the other ingredients.
Prepare the Sweet Mascarpone
  1. 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
  1. Before you start making it, take your biscuits and cut them into tiny bites. Set aside in a plate.
  2. Take your dessert glasses and layer two tablespoons of chocolate crema pasticcera, which is the Italian equivalent to custard.
  3. Top with the cantucci bites you've just chopped.
  4. Top with one to two tablespoons mascarpone mix.
  5. Add one more layer of chocolate custard, a few biscuits and finish with the mascarpone.
  6. Put in the fridge for a couple of hours so that both the custard and the mascarpone can set, and dig in.

Nutrition

Calories: 1200kcal

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.

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