Such an exquisite dish as fondue has long ceased to be the property of only fashionable restaurants. Now almost any housewife can please its guests with this exotic delicacy. All that is required for this is a special device, logically called fondyushnitsey, although you can do without it. How to make a chocolate fondue at home and make a fondue with your own hands, we will tell in this article.
How to cook chocolate fondue?
Before you start the recipes - start with the basics of the process of preparation and selection of ingredients.
Firstly, do not deny yourself the pleasure of eating fondue, if for this you do not have the very fondyushnitsa, which we mentioned at the beginning of the article. This cunning unit can be replaced with a simple and familiar bowl with a stainless coating, though it is necessary to place it above the burner or a candle so that its liquid contents do not cool down and thicken.
Preparation of chocolate fondue should be accompanied by the principle of "less is better", the same principle applies to the chocolate used. Choose only the best, high-quality and proven brands of this product, because it is the key in your dessert, and, therefore, completely determine the final result of cooking.
Ingredients for your fondue can be very diverse: from fruits and biscuits to simple fried bread slices.
Chocolate fondue with fruits
With this recipe, you can prepare a classic chocolate fondue with fruit, which you should usually start from if you have not tried this dish before.
Ingredients:
- black chocolate - 350 g;
- cream - 220 ml;
- salt - a pinch;
- any fruit to taste.
Preparation
Heat the cream in a saucepan until tiny bubbles begin to appear, as soon as this happens, you can safely add the crumbled chocolate and stir the mass with a whisk until thick. Immediately move the container to a small fire, on which the pot of chocolate will stand for the whole meal.
Serve the dish in large slices of your favorite fruit, which is dipped in a chocolate mass, pre-nipped on a special skewer. As soon as you feel that the mass becomes excessively viscous - add a tablespoon of cream and mix well.
How to make a spicy chocolate fondue at home?
It's not a secret that spices improve and correctly set off the taste of chocolate. If you are a connoisseur of this product, we recommend experimenting with the preparation of fondue on the following recipe.
Ingredients:
- chocolate - 500 g;
- cream - 2 items;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- kaensenci pepper - ½ tbsp. spoons;
- strawberries, crackers, marshmallows.
Preparation
Chocolate is mixed with cream and let thicken, as in the previous recipe. Once the mixture is smooth and homogeneous - add the spices, stir and serve the dish, giving him the favorite sweets for dipping, such as strawberries, marshmallows, crackers or a prescription.
Fondue Fondue with Mexican Hot Chocolate
The most interesting and original recipe for fondue has in its composition the so-called hot Mexican chocolate, which consists of a wide variety of spices, butter and, in fact, dark chocolate.
Ingredients:
- sugar - 1/3 cup;
- starch - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- cream - 1¼ tbsp .;
- milk - 1 ¼ st .;
- Freshly ground coffee - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- cinnamon - 1/2 teaspoons;
- vanilla - 1 pod;
- dark chocolate - 200 g;
- Butter - 3 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Before you make chocolate for fondue, in a shallow bowl you should mix sugar, cream and starch, when the mass becomes homogeneous you can add milk, coffee, cinnamon and vanilla. Now the mixture must be warmed, stirring gently, for 4 minutes. After the time has elapsed, we introduce into the mass soft butter and chopped chocolate. Transfer the chocolate to the fondue in a special fondue bowl and serve dessert accompanied by pieces of pear, apples, pineapple, bananas, marshmallow or biscuit toast. Drink this dessert follows sweet liqueur, wine or champagne.