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.
35 min.
Easy
1 kg
5 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
For 1 kg, you will need:
- 1
400 g dark chocolate - 2
400 g Milk - 3
80 g butter - 4
80 g liquid cream - 5
80 g caster sugar - Total weight: 1,040 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 10 min.
All in all: 35 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Stage 3 - 7 min.
Add 80 g butter and 80 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.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: After G. Lenôtre.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 30 RDI=10 % | 350 RDI=30 % | 230 RDI=40 % | 3,600 RDI=180 % | 15,080 RDI: 180 % |
| Per 100 g | 2 RDI=1 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 350 RDI=20 % | 1,450 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 kg : 4.15 €
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