Ultimate chocolate sauce
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder; sifted |
| ½ | cup | Maple sugar; or Sucanat |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Sea salt |
| ½ | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Maple syrup |
| 1 | tablespoon | Rice syrup |
| ½ | teaspoon | Apple cider vinegar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Pure vanilla extract |
Directions
1. In a medium saucepan, stir together cocoa powder, dry sweetener and sea salt. Add water, maple syrup, rice syrup and vinegar and stir until smooth with a small wire whisk.
2. Place pan over medium-low heat and stir until mixture comes to a low boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
3. Cool slightly, then pour into a clean glass jar. Store refrigerated.
Sauce may be reheated slowly or served chilled.
Variations: For Mint Chocolate Sauce, add ¼ teaspoon mint extract along with the vanilla. For Orange Chocolate Sauce, add ⅓ cup heated orange marmalade to sauce and add a tablespoon of Grand Marnier if desired. To make Black Forest Sauce, add ‡ cup cherry preserves or jam or fresh cherries in season. For Mocha Sauce, add 1 tablespoon instant powdered espresso or instant coffee substitute to the cocoa in the basic recipe.
Recipe by: Delicious Magazine, Feb 1998 Posted to EAT-LF Digest by "Ellen C." <ellen@...> on Feb 2, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.