Chocolate Fondue Duet Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the cream in a saucepan over low to medium heat until warmed through but not bubbling; add the bittersweet chocolate, semisweet chocolate, amaretto and vanilla and stir until the chocolate is melted. Pour the mixture into a fondue pot.
• Arrange your dipping ingredients on a platter and serve!

Steps:

• To make the sauce, in a small bowl, combine the chocolate and 1/2 cup milk or cream and melt gently in a barely simmering water bath or microwave on Medium (50 percent) power for about 2 minutes.
• Stir until smooth.
• Add more liquid if the sauce seems too thick or look curdled.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Use warm fondue immediately or set aside until needed and rewarm briefly.
• Have forks, skewers, or pretty (or goofy) swizzle sticks available for guests to dip with.
• If the fondue gets too thick or cool, reheat gently (without boiling) for 1 minute in the microwave on Medium (50percent) power or set in a pan of barely simmering water.
• Leftover sauce keeps several days in the refrigerator.
• It is a prefect topping for ice cream.
• Note: This is a versatile recipe that can be tailored to your taste and the type of chocolate you are using.
• For the most intense chocolate fondue, use milk, rather than half-and-half or cream, and omit the butter.
• For even greater intensity, choose a bittersweet chocolate labeled anywhere from 66 percent to 70 percent and use the greater amount of liquid called for.
• Butter or cream results in a softer, mellower chocolate flavor.
• Ideas for dipping: Kumquats or segments of seedless clementines, oranges, or ruby grapefruit- If possible, separate the citrus into segments without breaking the membrane.
• If you set the segments on a rack to dry in a warm place or in the oven, preheated to 200° F, then turned off for several hours, the membrane will dry like crisp paper and the juices will burst in your mouth when you take a bite.
• Chunks of pineapple Chunks of fresh coconut or large curls of dried coconut Chunks of banana Dried fruit such as apricot, mango, papaya, pineapple, or Bing cherries Strips of good-quality candied orange, grapefruit or lemon peel Cubes of pound cake or angel food cake, or toasted cubes of brioche or challah Cigarette cookies, fan wafers, graham crackers or digestive biscuits, or pretzels Marshmallows or meringues Toasted shaved almonds (to sprinkle on after dipping).

Steps:

• Mix semi-sweet chocolate, corn syrup and 2 Tbsp. of the cream in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM (50%) 1 to 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted when stirred.
• Add white chocolate and remaining 2 Tbsp. cream to another microwaveable bowl. Microwave 1 to 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is chocolate is completely melted when stirred.
• Place small serving bowl on serving plate. Pour both chocolate mixtures into bowl at same time. Serve as a warm dip with assorted cut-up fresh fruit, cookies, JET-PUFFED Marshmallows, pound cake cubes and/or pretzels.

Steps:

• In a fondue pot over low heat, melt chocolate with sour cream, stirring. Add liqueur or coffee. Stir in cream until mixture reaches desired thickness; just thick enough to coat and cling to fruit. Keep warm over low heat. Serve with the fruit and pound cake.
• Serving suggestion: A selection of skewered, sliced fresh fruit, especially strawberries, finger bananas, cherries, pineapple, large marshmallows and cubes of pound cake.