The Peanut Carmel Jar Budino perfectly layers the delightful flavors of a Snicker's bar with everyone's favorite, pudding! This is the ideal treat to curl up on the couch with or sneak a few bites of at midnight. Remember Budino just means pudding in Italian!
I served this as dessert to my parents who practically licked the jars clean. My husband asked about this dessert for days after eating it.
Peanut Caramel Jar Budino
Serves 4
Adapted from Food 52
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons Honey
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Kosher Salt
1/4 cup water
2 1/2 cups Half & Half
1 large egg
2 egg yolks
3 tablespoons Cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
1/4 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup dulce du leche (pre-made or use this
recipe)
1/2 cup dark chocolate ganache (recipe follows)
Directions
1. In a saucepan, whisk together honey, sugar, water and salt.
2. Bring to a boil, stir occasionally before lowering to a simmer. Simmer for approximately 5 minutes until it thickens.
3. Remove from heat and add half and half while whisking the mixture.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, egg yolks and cornstarch.
5. Add the half & half mixture to the egg mixture in a slow continuous stream. Keep whisking!
6. Strain the custard through a fine mesh sieve back into the sauce pan. Put the sauce pan on medium heat and start whisking.
7. Keep whisking, until the custard starts to thicken and bubble. This will take some time so keep whisking.
8. Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve into a small bowl. Set the bowl into a bowl of ice to cool.
9. Melt butter in a saute pan and add nuts and crumbs. Saute the nuts and crumbs until they are toasted.
10. Time to assemble the budino. I used Weck jars but you can assemble these in any type of jar, glass or bowl. Add a tablespoon of the nut and crumb mixture to the bottom. Fill the jar halfway with the cooled custard. Add two tablespoons of Dulce de Leche to the jars before adding more cooled custard. Top with a tablespoon of dark chocolate ganache and sprinkle with fleur de sel.
11. Let the assembled budino cool in the fridge for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
Dark Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate
1/4 cup half & half
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 pinch kosher salt
Directions
1. Bring half & half, butter and salt to a simmer in a saucepan.
2. Add dark chocolate and whisk until smooth. The ganache will thicken as it cools.
in the mail this week and quickly dove into it. The weather outside isn't quite ready for gardening so I decided to take some of Amy's ideas inside. I now have three lovely herbs growing on my kitchen windowsill. And a hunger to start gardening outside. 
, her newest book is FULL of great ideas, knowledge and some recipes. I highly recommend this book to apartment dwellers and non-apartment dwellers alike. I may have a big yard in which to garden but a lot of Amy's ideas are perfect both a big space and a smaller space. 
. She features many a beautiful Bundt cake which I hope to make one day soon. I've also had a can of Pumpkin Puree in the cupboard since November so I decided to combine both my desire for a Bundt cake with my love for pumpkin flavored desserts. 
