Chocolate sauce
This rich smooth chocolate sauce, with its full flavour, is one of the indispensable ingredients of profiteroles, but it can be used with many others desserts.
230,6794.5/5 for 20 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 500 g, you will need:
- 0
200 g chocolate - 1
200 ml milk - 2
40 g butter - 3
40 ml liquid cream - 4
40 g caster sugar - Total weight: 520 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 22 min. | 10 min. | 32 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Stage 3 - 7 min.
Add 40 g butter and 40 g caster sugar, mix well and bring back to the boil again.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Pour in melted chocolate.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Bring to the boil one last time, it's ready.
Remarks
You can easily make this sauce in advance, and then reheat it: low heat, bain-marie or microwave oven. It's really delicious hot or warm.
This recipe is warmly dedicated to Eric, a great chocolate lover, to whom I promised it a (too) long time ago.
This recipe is warmly dedicated to Eric, a great chocolate lover, to whom I promised it a (too) long time ago.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,801 Kcal or 7,540 Kj | 15 gr | 175 gr | 116 gr |
| 90 % | 6 % | 16 % | 18 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 346 Kcal or 1,449 Kj | 3 gr | 34 gr | 22 gr |
| 17 % | 1 % | 3 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 500 g : 2.07 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
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Source
After G. Lenôtre.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moist chocolate cake, Hot chocolate, Chocolate eclairs, Chocolate ganache, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, ... All |
| Milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , Cornmeal baps for Anne, Crackers, Mustard baps, Apricot blancmange, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turnip top soup, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Cramique, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Linzer torte, ... All |
| Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beurre blanc sauce, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Cauliflower curry, Apple Batter Puddings, ... All |
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