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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
2.10 €
500 g
5 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
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.
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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.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: After G. Lenôtre.
How much will it cost?
- For 500 g : 2.10 €
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Milk
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Liquid cream
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