make chocolate pudding from scatch

I’ve got the recipe I want to use and all the stuff for it.
Particularly some good bakers’ chocolate! This is mostly a reminder
to actually make this thing…

Last night I did some experimenting and I tried to make chocolate pudding from cottage cheese. Reason being is that cottage cheese is super high in protein and very good for you. Plus my trainer eats it all the time and I wanted to surprise him with something new.

The concept of chocolate cheese pudding was great and it would have worked if only cottage cheese didn’t have so much sodium in it!!

It looked delicious but it tasted like I accidently substituted salt for sugar :(

Work time: 20 minutes
Chilling time: 40 minutes
Total time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS
For the pudding
2 tablespoons cornstarch
5 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 1/4 cups milk
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1. In heavy-bottom medium- size saucepan, whisk together cornstarch, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt.

2. Add the cream, milk, and eggs. Whisk until combined.

3. Stir in chocolate chips.

4. Set pan over medium heat. Whisk slowly and constantly, making sure to scrape sides of pan, just until pudding begins to boil, 7 to 8 minutes.

5. A grown-up should remove saucepan from heat and transfer pudding mixture to a medium bowl.

6. Make ice bath: Fill large bowl with ice and a little water. Set bowl of pudding in ice, and stir pudding until it starts to cool, about 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Cover with plastic; refrigerate until thick and well chilled, about 40 minutes or overnight.

To serve: Whisk 1 cup heavy cream to form soft peaks; whisk in 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar. Top pudding with whipped cream.

I try not to eat processed foods if I can make it on my own. I made lemon custard a couple months ago and it was sooo good!! I’m thinking of trying chocolate pudding next!!