Chocolate Pots de Creme with Passion Caramel, Candied Ginger and Lichees

Directions

1. First, prepare the passion caramel. In a heavy saucepan, slowly cook 100 grams of granulated sugar to make a light caramel. Off the heat add the 35 milliliters of heavy cream and the passion fruit juice (warning, projections may occur).
2. Whisk well and cook over low heat again if necessary, to obtain a homogeneous caramel.
3. Add 25 grams of diced salted caramel and mix until fully blended. Refrigerate for at least for 2 hours.
4. Then, prepare the candied ginger. Peel the ginger, cut it into 2 to 3 millimeters cubes.
5. In a saucepan, boil the water.
6. Pour the diced ginger and cook gently for 2 hours, adding a little water if necessary.
7. Then pour the lemon juice and set aside.
8. Finally, prepare the pots de creme.
9. Preheat oven at 140 degrees Celsius.
10. In a bowl, cut the chocolate into pieces.
11. Boil the milk, 200 milliliters of heavy cream, and 100 grams of sugar in a saucepan.
12. Pour it while hot, over the chocolate.
13. Stir with a wooden spatula.
14. When mixture is smooth, add the egg yolks and mix again. Pour into ramekins.
15. Place them on a dish filled with hot water to cook them in a bain marie.
16. Cover with an aluminum foil and bake it 30 minutes.
17. The consistency should be firm but slightly woobly
18. Let cool at room temperature, do not put them in the refrigerator.
19. On each pot, drop a spoonful of passion fruit caramel, a small teaspoon of ginger, and one lychee.