Name: Chocolate croissant pudding
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 300 millilitre cream; 150 millilitre milk; 100 gram dark cooking chocolate; 6 large, plain, store-bought croissants; 12 squares Whittaker’s milk chocolate; 3 free-range egg yolks; 1 tablespoon caster sugar; Sea salt chocolate cream; 1 cup cream; 1 tablespoon icing sugar; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt flakes, plus extra for sprinkling; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Chocolate croissant pudding

This chocolatey croissant pudding recipe is a decadent upgrade of your classic bread and butter pudding. Recipe and styling by Fiona Hugues. Photography by Jani Shepherd; Gatherum Collectif

Ingredients

300 millilitre cream

150 millilitre milk

100 gram dark cooking chocolate

6 large, plain, store-bought croissants

12 squares Whittaker’s milk chocolate

3 free-range egg yolks

1 tablespoon caster sugar

Sea salt chocolate cream

1 cup cream

1 tablespoon icing sugar

1/2 teaspoon sea salt flakes, plus extra for sprinkling

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

Method

1.Preheat oven to 160°C fanbake. Grease a baking dish approximately 20cm x 35cm.

2.Heat cream and milk in a pan until almost boiling. Add dark chocolate and set aside to allow chocolate to melt. Once melted, stir to incorporate.

3.Cut croissants in half horizontally and place, cut-side up, in dish so they fit snugly. Place a square of milk chocolate inside each croissant half.

4.In a medium bowl, beat together yolks and sugar then slowly pour in the warm milk mixture, beating all the time.

5.Pour mixture evenly over the croissants, ensuring all the pastry is soaked. Bake for 30 minutes or until custard has set and the tops of the croissants are crispy.

6.For the sea salt chocolate cream, beat the cream and icing sugar until cream holds a very soft peak. Carefully whisk in sea salt and cocoa powder until incorporated. Cover and chill until required. Just before serving garnish with a sprinkle of extra salt flakes.

7.Serve warm with the salted chocolate cream on the side.

Fiona Hugues