Chocolate Pudding

A simple cornstarch based pudding recipe. Vary the amount of cocoa powder to taste. Goes very well served chilled inside eclaire / cream puff pastry. Add an extra tbsp of corn starch and some additional vanilla extract in place of cocoa powder for a Vanilla version of this recipe.

Ingredients

• 1½ cups Milk
• ¼ cup White Sugar
• 2 tbsp Corn Starch
• 1 tbsp Butter
• ¼ cup Cocoa Powder
• ⅛ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract

Procedure

1. Combine cold Milk with all ingredients in a saucepan
2. Heat the mixture over medium-high, carefully whisking to prevent burning
3. Once the mixture begins to thicken and bubble, remove from heat and continue to whisk for another 1-2 minutes
4. Chill and serve