Chocolate Sauce

Name: Chocolate Sauce
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 ⁄ 2 cup half-and-half; 1 cup sugar; 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 8 tbsp. butter; 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten

Serves
makes 2 cups

GONZALO GALAVIS

This rich, dark, decadent chocolate sauce is adapted from one we found in Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts (Random House, 1991).

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup half-and-half
1 cup sugar
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
8 tbsp. butter
2 egg yolks, lightly beaten

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat half-and-half and sugar together in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add chocolates and butter and whisk until smooth. Set aside to let cool briefly.

Step 2

Stir in egg yolks and cook over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Set aside to let cool slightly. Serve over or ice cream, if you like.

Heat half-and-half and sugar together in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add chocolates and butter and whisk until smooth. Set aside to let cool briefly.
Stir in egg yolks and cook over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Set aside to let cool slightly. Serve over or ice cream, if you like.