Polish Chocolate Cream (kisiel Czekoladowy) Or Vanilla Cream

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups heavy sweet cream
• 1 vanilla beans (3-inch piece) or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon potato flour (heaping teaspoon)
• 1/4 cup milk (cold)
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate or 4 ounces milk chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate over very low heat.
• 2 combine cream, vanilla, and sugar and slowly bring to a boil, then lower heat to a simmer.
• 3 combine melted chocolate with cream mixture, blending thoroughly.
• 4 dissolve potato flour in milk, then add milk to cream mixture.
• 5 stir for 2 minutes (be careful not to scorch the cream).
• 6 discard vanilla bean, if you used one.
• 7 wet mold or bowl with water (or you can use individual cups, ramikins or dessert glasses), then sprinkle with sugar, and pour cream mixture inches.
• 8 chill for several hours before serving.
• 9 serve topped with heavy sweet cream (plain or whipped and/or fruit syrup, if desired.