Chocolate Fondue

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, reserve 1/4 cup to thin if fondue begins to thicken
• 4 (3 1/2 ounce) bars bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons frangelico (optional) or 2 tablespoons amaretto liqueur (optional)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped hazelnuts (optional) or 1/4 cup almonds (optional)
• hazelnuts or almond biscotti
• salted pretzel stick
• cubed poundcake
• sliced banana
• stem strawberry
• sectioned navel orange
• ripe fresh diced pineapple

Recipe

• 1 heat 1/2 cup cream in a heavy non-reactive saucepot over moderate heat until cream comes to a low boil.
• 2 remove the pan from the heat and add chocolate. let the chocolate stand in hot cream 3 to 5 minutes to soften, then whisk chocolate together with the cream.
• 3 stir in liqueur and/or chopped nuts and transfer the fondue to a fondue pot or set the mixing bowl on a rack above a small lit candle.
• 4 if fondue becomes too thick, stir in reserved cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, to desired consistency.
• 5 arrange your favorite dippables in piles on a platter along side chocolate fondue with fondue forks, bamboo skewers or seafood forks, as utensils, for dipping.