Chocolate Cream

Scrape a quarter of a pound of chocolate very fine, put it in a quart of milk, boil it till the chocolate is dissolved, stirring it continually--thicken with six eggs.

Original Recipe

Scrape a quarter of a pound of chocolate very fine, put it in a quart of milk, boil it till the chocolate is dissolved, stirring it continually--thicken with six eggs. A Vanilla bean boiled with the milk, will improve the flavour greatly.

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Saucepan For boiling milk and chocolate
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Whisk or wooden spoon For stirring continuously

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Scrape a quarter of a pound of chocolate very fine, put it in a quart of milk, boil it till the chocolate is dissolved, stirring it continually--thicken with six eggs.

  2. 2

    A Vanilla bean boiled with the milk, will improve the flavour greatly.

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)