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Title: Chocolate Espresso Sauce
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1/4 c Espresso beans
1 c Heavy cream
1/2 c Granulated sugar
6 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
-coarsely chopped
2 tb Unsalted butter
1 ts Vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 325 F. Place the espresso beans on a baking sheet and
roast for 5-10 minutes, just until you can begin to smell their aroma.
Remove beans and allow to cool. Place in a coffee grinder and grind
coarsely. Place the beans in a small sauce pan with the heavy cream and
bring to a boil, remove from heat and let sit for 30 minutes.

Strain the heavy cream through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl. Return the
infused cream to the saucepan with the sugar and bring to a boil. Remove
from heat and add chocolate and butter and vanilla and stir until smooth.
Cover and keep warm until ready to use.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 473 by "bunny"
on Jan 7, 1998