Chocolate Budino with Candied Hazelnuts and Grapefruit

Name: Chocolate Budino with Candied Hazelnuts and Grapefruit
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 cup roughly chopped dark chocolate; 1 cup roughly chopped milk chocolate; 2 cups half-and-half; 1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped; 4 egg yolks; 1/2 cup sugar; 3 gelatin sheets; Peel from 1 grapefruit; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup grapefruit juice; 1/4 cup water; 2 teaspoons Campari; 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped; 1/2 cup whole hazelnuts; 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar; Salt to taste

Instructions

Prep:30min

Bob Truitt, who oversees the dessert programs at Marea and the other restaurants in Michael White’s Altamarea Group, made this decadent Italian chocolate pudding for a Beard House dinner. He favors Valrhona Caribe dark and Jivara milk chocolates.

Updated at: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:55:11 GMT