Chocolate Sauce
Everyone should have one great chocolate sauce recipe. This is mine. Its rich, dark velvety goodness will make tears well up in your eyes.
Equipment
- Double boiler
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cup cream
- 1-½ cups sugar
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon instant dark roast coffee or espresso powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon white corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place the butter and bittersweet chocolate in the top of a double boiler placed over medium heat.
- Once the chocolate begins to melt, about 10 minutes, reduce the heat slightly and stir until smooth.
- Add the cream, stirring to blend into the butter and bittersweet chocolate.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder, espresso powder and kosher salt.
- Stir into the butter and chocolate mixture along with the corn syrup.
- Continue cooking over a heat between medium and medium-low, stirring frequently until the sugar is completely dissolved and the sauce is very smooth, about 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow the sauce to cool slightly.
- Stir the vanilla into the chocolate sauce. Keep chilled until ready to use.
- This sauce will get quite thick when chilled. You can reheat it over a low heat in a small saucepan, or on a low setting in the microwave for just a minute or two, until warm.
Notes
Cooking the sauce in a double-boiler helps prevent the chocolate from scorching. If you don't have one, you can also place a heatproof mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water.