Strawberries With -chocolate Custard Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 3 ounces good-quality chocolate, chopped
• 6 cups small strawberries, rinsed, hulled (if berries are large, halve them)

Recipe

• 1 in bowl, whisk yolks and sugar.
• 2 in saucepan, bring cream, milk, vanilla bean to a boil.
• 3 gradually whisk hot cream mixture into yolk mixture.
• 4 return this mixture to saucepan.
• 5 over medium heat, stir constantly with heat-resistant rubber spatula, 3 minutes, until thick enough to coat spatula (do not let boil).
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 add chocolate, stirring to melt.
• 8 strain through fine sieve into bowl.
• 9 remove bean; scrape out seeds into sauce.
• 10 place bowl in larger bowl filled with ice cubes and water.
• 11 stir sauce until very cold.
• 12 place strawberries in 5 dessert glasses.
• 13 spoon custard sauce over each serving.