Monday, July 7, 2008

Chocolate Fondue

This is a wonderful dessert dish and the final course of our 3-course fondue meal that we always have for my birthday. This recipe was originally found by us in Kraft's What's Cooking magazine, Winter 2002 issue. It has been modified slightly to our tastes/ingredients. TIP: to prevent chocolate from burning to fondue pot, put pot in pie plate with water and then put over heat.


8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
1/3 cup whipping cream
3 Tablespoons Amaretto or Kirsch (or liqueur of your choice)

Melt chocolate and whipping cream over hot water (or in microwave. If using microwave, make sure you do not overcook chocolate or it will burn). Blend until smooth. Stir in liqueur (or an additional 3 Tb cream). Transfer to fondue pot. Serve with fresh fruit, cookies, and/or cake (pound or sponge work well).