Venezuelan Chocolate Marquesa
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- 21 Oct 2022
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This no-bake chocolate dessert consists of layers of cookies or biscuits alternated with a rich homemade chocolate pudding. After constructing, it requires refrigeration before serving as a dessert for special days.
If we established a ranking of the most consumed desserts in Venezuela, the marquesa, in any of its versions, would compete with the quesillo, the Venezuelan version of caramel flan, for the first place.
Venezuelan Chocolate Marquesa Dessert
PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOK TIME: 5 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 20 minutes
Ingredients
· 1/2 cup sugar
· 1/3 cup cocoa powder
· 1/4 cup cornstarch
· 3 cups whole milk
· 4 egg yolks
· 1/2 cup chocolate chips
· 2 (10 oz) packages Maria cookies (or other butter cookie)
· 1/2 cup milk (for soaking cookies)
Instructions
1. Grease a 9-inch springform pan and set it aside.
2. In a small bowl, mix sugar, cocoa powder, and cornstarch.
3. Add milk to a medium saucepan. Beat the yolks with a fork and add them to the milk. Add the sugar mixture. Mix well with a wooden spoon and turn on the stove. Stir constantly.
4. Once it starts to boil, lower the heat, and keep stirring. Cook for about 3 more minutes. Remove from the heat and add chocolate chips. Stir.
5. Working quickly, soak Maria cookies in the milk, just for a second on each side. Place a layer of cookies on the bottom of the pan. Read More…
