Clifton Country Inn Chocolate Chambord Bavarian Cream

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 2 tablespoons water (cold)
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon chambord raspberry liquor or 1 teaspoon raspberry liqueur
• 1 egg yolk
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream or 1 1/2 cups whipping cream, whipped
• mint leaf, for garnish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle gelatin over water; set to the side.
• 2 heat half and half and vanilla bean in a small saucepan until very warm but not boiling.
• 3 remove vanilla bean; discard.
• 4 pour this mixture into a bowl; add next three ingredients and mix well with whisk.
• 5 return mixture to saucepan; cook over low heat for about 15 minutes or until mixture coats the back of a spoon, stirring occasionally.
• 6 remove saucepan from heat.
• 7 stir gelatin into hot mixture with a whisk until dissolved.
• 8 add melted chocolate; stir until smooth and well combined.
• 9 cool for an hour at room temperature.
• 10 fold whipped cream into mixture.
• 11 spoon into individual molds; refrigerate at least 4 hours or until firm.
• 12 to serve, drizzle 1 tablespoon chambord onto each chilled dessert plate.
• 13 unmold desserts onto plates and garnish with mint leaves, if desired.