Chocolate Fondue With Sour Cream Recipes

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine frosting and sour cream; spoon into a serving bowl. Serve with fruit. Refrigerate leftovers.

CHOCOLATE-SOUR CREAM FONDUE

Steps:

• Heat chocolate, sour cream, half-and-half and coffee in heavy 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; remove from heat.
• Pour chocolate mixture into fondue or chafing dish to keep warm. Spear fruit and cake with fondue forks; dip and swirl in fondue with stirring motion. If mixture becomes too thick, stir in small amount of half-and-half.

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Heat the heavy cream and the salt in a saucepan, over medium heat, until steaming.
• Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Let it stand for a couple of minutes, then whisk or stir until melted.
• Stir in the vanilla extract and, if using, the cognac.
• Adjust the texture by adding more heavy cream or chocolate if needed. Heavy cream will thin it out and chocolate will thicken.
• Pour into a fondue pot and serve with your favorite dippers!

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

Steps:

• Combine the chocolates, heavy cream, butter and vanilla in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 1 minute, then stir. Continue microwaving in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until the chocolate is just melted. Whisk until smooth and glossy.
• Transfer to a fondue pot and keep warm over low heat. Serve with pound cake.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt chocolate and the butter together. Let cool and blend in the sour cream, vanilla, and salt. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar until the frosting is of spreading consistency, beat well.

CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT CREAM FONDUE

Steps:

• Combine the sweetened cream of coconut and 12 ounces of chocolate in a heavy large saucepan. Stir the mixture over very low heat until the mixture is smooth.
• Stir in the whipping cream and extract.
• Transfer the mixture to the fondue pot. Place over a candle or canned heat burner, and serve with fruit.
• You can prepare this 8 hours ahead of time - just cover it and store at room temperature, and rewarm it before serving.

SOUR CREAM FONDUE

Steps:

• In a skillet, fry bacon till crisp; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings.
• Cook onion in reserved drippings till tender, but not brown.
• Stir in flour.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Cook over low heat until cheese melts.
• Transfer to fondue pan.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Dissolve cocoa in boiling water; cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Add cocoa mixture and mix well. , Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Cool for 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. If desired, decorate with sprinkles. Store in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE FONDUE

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).