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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Chop chocolate into small pieces to make it easier to melt. The quality of the dessert depends on the quality of the chocolate you use. | 2. Chop Kaffir lime leaves into small pieces. | 3. Place half of the lime leaves in a saucepan with the heavy cream. Warm over low heat. | 4. Place the other half of the lime leaves in the top of a double boiler with the chocolate. Cover with plastic and melt the chocolate. | 5. Mix egg yolks with sugar and salt. Temper the yolks with the warm cream, adding 1/4 cup to the yolks. Mix well, then pour the yolks into the saucepan with the cream. | 6. Stir continuously over a low heat so you don't "cook" the eggs. Cook for 20 minutes until the mixture becomes a custard-like texture and clings to the back of a wooden spoon. | 7. Add the melted chocolate to the saucepan. Stir until all the chunks of chocolate disappear and mixture is smooth. | 8. Pour the mixture through a strainer to remove the lime leaves. Pour into pot de creme cups or small ramekins. Refrigerate for 4-6 hours or freeze for 1 hour. Top with whipped cream. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chocolate	8	ounces		131.5416	21.4776	4.672	3.2659
heavy cream	2	cups		816.0	6.5760000000000005	6.816	86.59200000000001
kaffir lime leaf	1 -2	ounce		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	6			328.44	3.6618	16.1772	27.0708
sugar	1/3	cup		268.66	67.1987	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.