Bittersweet Chocolate Fondue

Name: Bittersweet Chocolate Fondue
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (150 ml) whipping cream; ½ vanilla bean; 13 ¼ oz. (375 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; 13 ¼ oz. (375 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; Unsweetened raspberry purée, divided: 10 oz. (280 g) plus ⅔ oz. (20 g); ⅓ cup (2 ½ oz./70 g) granulated sugar; Honey, divided: 2 tablespoons (1 ½ oz./45 g) plus 1 ⅔ tablespoons (1 ¼ oz./35 g); Honey, divided: 2 tablespoons (1 ½ oz./45 g) plus 1 ⅔ tablespoons (1 ¼ oz./35 g); 5 teaspoons (1 ¼ oz./35 g) glucose syrup; 5 teaspoons (1 ¼ oz./35 g) glucose syrup; 2 teaspoons (10 ml) raspberry liqueur, 30° alcohol; 2 teaspoons (10 ml) raspberry liqueur, 30° alcohol; 4 sheets (8 g) gelatin; 4 sheets (8 g) gelatin; ⅔ cup (160 ml) milk; ⅔ cup (160 ml) milk; 9 oz. (250 g) milk chocolate, 40 percent cocoa; 9 oz. (250 g) milk chocolate, 40 percent cocoa; ¾ stick (2 ¾ oz./80 g) butter; 1 egg; Oil for frying; Raspberry pâte de fruits (fruit jellies:), strawberries, assorted macarons, etc., for dipping; Raspberry pâte de fruits (fruit jellies:), strawberries, assorted macarons, etc., for dipping; Raspberry pâte de fruits (fruit jellies:), strawberries, assorted macarons, etc., for dipping

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
4 hr

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

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Ingredients

Bittersweet chocolate fondue

Generous ¾ cup (210 ml) milk
½ cup plus 2

Starter
Dessert
Microwave

Method

Prepare the bittersweet chocolate fondue. Bring the milk to the boil with the cream, glucose syrup, and honey. Slit the vanilla bean lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Leave the bean and seeds to infuse in the hot mixture.

Chop the chocolate and melt it slowly in a bain-marie or in the microwave oven (on “defrost” or at 500 W maximum, stirring from t