STEAM RECIPES - DESSERTS
Double Chocolate Pudding with Chocolate Sauce
Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients
60g cooking chocolate
2 teaspoons butter
1 egg, well beaten
½cup (120g) caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½cup (125ml) milk
1 cup (150g) plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
½cup (125ml) milk
Sauce
100g dark cooking chocolate 125ml cream
Method
1.Melt chocolate and butter together in a small saucepan over very low heat. Set aside to cool.
2.Beat together egg, sugar and vanilla for 5 minutes with an electric beater. Add melted chocolate mixture to egg mixture.
3.Sift flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa together and fold into chocolate mixture alternatively with milk mixture.
4.Lightly butter a 6 cup pudding bowl or deep ovenproof dish and line bottom with baking paper.
5.Pour mixture into the basin. Grease two sheets of foil and secure over the top of dish to make a lid.
Steam Cook Setting
6.Place trivet into removable cooking bowl and pour in 3 cups of boiling water. Place ovenproof dish onto trivet. Secure lid on.
7.Press FUNCTION button then select STEAM COOK, indicator light
will illuminate.
8.Enter 35 minutes TIME, time is displayed on LED.
9.Pressure Release Valve is turned to STEAM position and Pressure Control Dial turned to MEDIUM position.
10.Press START/CANCEL button.
11.Once timer is 0 and 5 beeps sound, release PRESSURE.
12.Open lid carefully.
13.Allow pudding to stand for 15 minutes before serving.
14.Pudding should be cooked in the centre. Carefully invert pudding onto a plate and serve immediately chocolate sauce.
To make the sauce: Melt chocolate and cream together in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally.
NOTE
If using a metal pudding bowl the cooking time may vary.
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