| Chocolate sauce | |
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| Servings: | Serves 4 |
| Ready in: | 20 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
| Cook time: | 10 minutes |
| Difficulty: | 
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The ideal accompaniment for ice-cream and desserts.
Ingredients
Ingredients
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- 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
- Heat the butter and chocolate in a bain marie
- Mix the sugar and cocoa together separately
- Add the double cream to the sugar and cocoa, stirring thoroughly.
- Add this paste to the heated chocolate and simmer this mixture for 6 minutes
- Whisk in the vanilla extract
- Best served sightly warm
Variations
Sprinkle with a few finely chopped fresh mint leaves for a nice change.