Name: Black Bottom "Cappuccino"
Yield: Makes 8 dessert servings
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1/4 cup water; 1 cup heavy cream; 3 cups whole milk; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 2 large eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; 3 ounce fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened; preferably 64% cacao), finely chopped; 3 tablespoons Tia Maria or other coffee-flavored liqueur; 1/2 cup chilled heavy cream; 1/2 tablespoon sugar; Garnish: unsweetened cocoa powder

Though we used parfait glasses for this pudding to show off the layers, at the restaurant Stitt serves it in large coffee cups with saucers and spoons. The whipped cream topping looks like the foam on a cappuccino — hence its name.

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