Chocolate Fondue

Name: Chocolate Fondue
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 ml double cream; 1 tbsp sweet almond oil, optional; strawberries, apricot halves, pear slices, banana slices, peach slices, mandarin segments or small pieces of sponge cake; 1 tbsp cognac; 300 g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

I love the informality of fondues and the picnic atmosphere they create. This sweet, light version is a perfect way to end a cheerful, noisy party. Use sweet almond oil if you can find it, but you can also make a good chocolate fondue without it.

Ingredients

For the fondue

300 g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa)
1 tbsp sweet almond oil, optional
100

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Break the chocolate into small pieces, put in a heatproof dish and melt in a bain-marie (over a pan of simmering water). Then add the oil, if using, the cream and cognac, and stir to make a glossy sauce for dipping. Transfer to a fondue bowl and keep warm with a night-light or burner. Serve the fondue at the table with dipping forks and all the dipping ingredients.