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 500 g
5 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
For 1 kg 500 g, you will need:
- 1
750 ml dark chocolate - 2
600 ml Milk - 3
124 ml butter - 4
120 ml liquid cream - 5
120 ml caster sugar
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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 124 ml butter and 120 ml 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 | 50 RDI=20 % | 520 RDI=50 % | 350 RDI=50 % | 5,400 RDI=270 % | 22,620 RDI: 270 % |
| 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 500 g : 6.25 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
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Milk
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Liquid cream
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Caster sugar
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