Bonet

Name: Bonet
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 500ml whole milk; 4 eggs; 120g sugar, plus 100g for the caramel; 30g unsweetened cocoa powder; 100g amaretti biscuits, crushed; 2 tbsp rum

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Also known as: Bunet, Bonet Piemontese, Piedmontese Chocolate Amaretti Pudding

About this dish

A dense, silky baked custard of cocoa, eggs and crushed amaretti biscuits, set in a caramel-lined mould.

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Ingredients

🥛500ml whole milk

🥚4 eggs

🍬120g sugar, plus 100g for the caramel

🍫30g unsweetened cocoa powder

🍪100g amaretti biscuits, crushed

🥃2 tbsp rum

Method

Serves 3

Melt 100g sugar to a caramel and pour into a loaf tin.

Whisk the eggs, sugar and cocoa, then add the warm milk, crushed amaretti and rum.

Pour into the tin.

Bake in a water bath at 160°C (325°F) for about 50 minutes until set.

Chill well, then turn out and serve in slices.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bonet is the classic dessert of Piedmont, especially the Langhe; older versions use no cocoa, which arrived later.

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