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Chocolate Cream

August 18, 2020 | Updated September 7, 2023 | Laura

✽ Recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I | Julia Child ✽

Julia Child Recipe 136 | 392 recipes to go!

✽ Crème Plombières au Chocolat [Chocolate Cream], p. 595

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✽ Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ You can buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I which contains these recipes here. (affiliate link)

The purpose of this Julia Child section of my blog is to document my journey of learning how to cook. To show my successes, my failures, and what I learned along the way.

Since I didn't create these recipes (if only!), I do not post exact amounts of ingredients or word-for-word instructions. If any of these recipes spark your interest, I highly recommend you buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking (affiliate link). It's a great investment and learning tool and contains hundreds of classic recipes.

I hope that you enjoy reading my thoughts, learn something new, and leave inspired to try a new recipe. Bon appétit!

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✽ Butter Count: +1.25 TB

✽ Cost: $8.09 [~$1.35 per serving]

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Imagine the Charlotte Malakoff au Chocolat had a baby with the Chocolate Mousse.

Their baby is Crème Plombières au Chocolat. Chances are if you like Julia’s chocolate mousse, you’ll go crazy for this recipe as well. It’s chocolatey. It’s fluffy. It’s delicious. What more could you want in a dessert?!

✽ Laura's Rating: 7

If I were given the choice between the chocolate mousse and the chocolate cream, I’d pick the chocolate mousse every time though. That doesn’t mean I’d ever pass up this dessert. Coffee and chocolate are a match made in heaven, and their relationship shines through in this dessert. The ladyfingers bring in an extra texture which is nice.

Overall, if you are looking to try something different in the chocolate dessert category, then you should give this one a whirl!

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✽ Step 1: Make Ladyfingers & Add to Dessert Cups

There’s really not much to say about this one as it follows the master recipe of the Caramel Almond Cream pretty closely. Once the ladyfingers are made, it is all downhill from there.

You have the choice to keep some of the praline in or omit it all together. I chose to omit it... mostly because I was feeling lazy. I bet adding praline would take this dessert to the next notch though!

✽ Step 2: Make Crème Pâtissière & Add Chocolate

First, semi-sweet chocolate is melted together with the coffee and a little bit of vanilla.

After the crème pâtissière is made, the melted chocolate is beaten in and then the beaten egg whites are folded into the chocolate cream.

✽ Step 3: Chill

The chocolate cream is now ready for the fridge.

Lastly, right before serving, grated chocolate is sprinkled on top to make it look extra fancy. I am already looking forward to the next crème plombières!

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Category: Julia Child, Desserts Cuisine: French
Keywords: julia child dessert recipes, creme plombieres recipe, julia child chocolate desserts

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More Dessert Recipes:

✽ Creme Plombieres aux Fruits (a scrumptious dessert made with fresh strawberries)
✽ Creme Plombieres a l'Ananas (a delicious dessert flavored with pineapple)
✽ Creme Plombieres Pralinee (custard filling flavored with caramelized almonds & served over ladyfingers)
→ Check out all of the completed Julia Child dessert recipes!

✽ You can find this recipe and all the other Julia Child recipes I make in Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I (affiliate link). Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ Check out my Julia Child Recipe Checklist to see a list of all my completed and pending recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking!

Bon appétit!

August 18, 2020 by Laura Ehlers

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