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- From: liam@qmc-cs (William Roberts)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Aunty Betty's bombe (chocolate dessert)
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- Date: 15 Aug 86 05:52:56 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHOC-PUDDING-1 D "12 Jun 86" 1986
- .RZ "AUNTY BETTY'S BOMBE" "A high-cholesterol chocolate dessert"
- This recipe comes from a friend's aunt. It always seems to taste wonderful
- no matter how sloppily I measure things.
- .IH "Serves 4\-6"
- .IG "2 cups" "double cream" "500 ml"
- .IG "1/3 cup" "sugar" "60 g"
- .IG "4 Tbsp" "water" "60 ml"
- .IG "6 oz" "plain chocolate" "180 g"
- .IG "3" "egg yolks"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Whisk \(12 of the cream until stiff and spread it around the edges
- of a large bowl. Freeze for \(12 to 1 hour.
- .SK 2
- Dissolve the sugar in the water, bring to the boil and simmer
- for 3 minutes until syrupy.
- Meanwhile, break chocolate into blender or warm bowl.
- .SK 3
- Pour the hot sugar syrup onto the chocolate and blend or whisk
- until the chocolate has all melted. Add the egg yolks and mix
- the whole lot thoroughly.
- .SK 4
- Whisk the remaining cream into soft peaks and fold gently into
- the chocolate mixture. Pour into the centre of the frozen cream
- and freeze for several hours until solid. Cover when fully
- frozen.
- .NX
- Although the recipe ``serves 4\-6,'' two people will happily eat the whole
- thing.
- .PP
- The outside is frozen solid, so you may find a
- fork useful for breaking your portion into pieces without
- showering fellow diners with fragments. It could be served in
- small portions, but don't count on having any left over.
- .PP
- Double cream has more than 45% butterfat. It is difficult to find cream in
- North America that is richer than whipping cream, which is typically 32%
- butterfat. If you can find heavy cream it is likely to be 36%. Use the
- richest cream you can find.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes preparation, 3 hours cooling.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- William Roberts
- Department of Computer Science & Statistics
- Queen Mary College
- University of London, UK
- liam@qmc-cs.UUCP
-