Chocolate Whisky Fondue

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into small pieces
• 1/4 cup lightly-salted butter
• 2 tablespoons whipping cream
• 1/4 cup scotch whisky (or more)
• poundcake or angel food cake, cut into 1 inch cubes
• fresh strawberries
• fresh pineapple, cut into small wedges

Recipe

• 1 place sugar and water in a small non-aluminum saucepan.
• 2 cook over low heat until mixture simmers, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• 3 remove from heat, uncover and cool to lukewarm.
• 4 melt semisweet and unsweetened chocolates with butter and cream.
• 5 slowly blend cooled sugar syrup into chocolate mixture using whisk, reserve at room temperature until ready to serve.
• 6 to serve, reheat chocolate mixture in double boiler over hot water just until hot.
• 7 stir scotch into chocolate mixture.
• 8 transfer mixture to warm fondue pot or serving dish.
• 9 serve with cake cubes and fruit, as desired, for dipping (fondue will thicken as it cools).