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Chocolate sauce

Name: Chocolate sauce
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 500 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g dark chocolate; 200 ml milk; 40 g butter; 40 ml liquid cream; 40 g caster sugar

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.

327 K 2× 4.2/5 (31 reviews)602605

Duration

35 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 500 g, you will need:

1 200 g dark chocolate
2 200 ml milk
3 40 g butter
4 40 ml liquid cream
5 40 g caster sugar
Total weight: 520 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

10 min.

All in all

35 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Break 200 g dark chocolate into small pieces, and melt in a bain-marie

Stage 2 - ⌛ 7 min.

In a pan pour 200 ml milk and 40 ml liquid cream.

Bring to the boil on low heat.

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 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then over low heat, mix with a whisk or a maryse to get a smooth sauce.

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.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: After G. Lenôtre.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	2 g RDI=5 %	33 g RDI=13 %	22 g RDI=30 %	346 kcal RDI=17 %	1,450 kJ RDI=17 %
Whole recipe	15 g RDI=24 %	174 g RDI=66 %	115 g RDI=158 %	1,800 kcal RDI=90 %	7,540 kJ RDI=90 %

Whole recipe

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk

How much will it cost?

For 500 g

2.10 €

Per Chocolate sauce

0.05 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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The 2 comments already posted on this recipe

Can I use chocolate powder instead of bars.
Posted by Jane july 31^th 2020 at 08:49 n° 2
If it's cocoa powder, you need to add some butter with, otherwise it could be too dry.
Posted by jh Auteur july 31^th 2020 at 09:51 n° 1

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