Chocolate sauce

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The ideal accompaniment for ice-cream and desserts.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 50 g dark chocolate (Green & Blacks Organic Chocolate is great in this recipe)
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup double cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method

1. Heat the butter and chocolate in a bain marie
2. Mix the sugar and cocoa together separately
3. Add the double cream to the sugar and cocoa, stirring thoroughly.
4. Add this paste to the heated chocolate and simmer this mixture for 6 minutes
5. Whisk in the vanilla extract
6. Best served sightly warm

Variations

Sprinkle with a few finely chopped fresh mint leaves for a nice change.