Chocolate Fondue - Qorkz Kitchen

/

Welcome back to the Qorkz Kitchen!  What is more romantic than sharing Valentine's Day with your sweetie?  How about chocolate fondue?  Luckily you don’t have to try to get a reservation at the local fondue cafe on Valentine's day (good luck, bub).  You can do this at home.  Easy.

Ingredients and Equipment

Fondue Ingredients and Supplies

Here are your ingredients:

  • 12 oz package of chocolate chips or other chocolate
  • 1/2 cup of whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons of liqueur (I chose Kahlúa because coffee enhances the flavor of chocolate)
  • a pinch of salt (A trick learned from Modern Family)
Double boiler or reasonable facsimile

For the equipment:

  • A fondue pot
  • Fuel for the fondue pot
  • skewers
  • A double boiler

The Directions

Put water in the base of the double boiler.  If you are like me and don’t have a double boiler (and why would you keep a single use pot like that around?) You use a pan filled with an inch of water and place a bowl over the pan.  Let the water heat for a couple of minutes then place the ingredients in the bowl beginning with the chocolate.  Stir this mixture until smooth.

If the chocolate seems to get stuck to the bottom of the bowl, turn off the heat or remove from other the water.  This is called seizing and is the death knell for chocolate.  Luckily it can be stopped by adding additional cream a tablespoon at a time and stirring until mixed.

Wine Pairing

Dessert deserves a big and rich wine and port is the perfect choice.  The 2012 Ascension Cellars Rapture Red Port-Style Dessert Wine is rich and creamy with hints of cocoa.  A 375 ml bottle is $36.


Finish the Dish

When the chocolate is smooth transfer to the fondue pot.  And while I have complained about the single use nature of the double boiler, I do not mind the fondue pot.  Why? A., It is tiny;  B., I like bagna cauda an Italian fondue-like dip; and C., I’m fickle.  Light the fuel for your fondue pot.  I my case, it is a tea light and place in the base of the pot.  Serve fondue with fruit, cookies, marshmallows or whatever your heart desires!

Congrats!  You just won Valentine’s Day!