Chocolate Sauce A La The Joy Of Cooking Food

JOY OF COOKING CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the chopped chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, bring the half and half, butter, and sugar to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour the heated mixture over the chocolate.
• Let stand for 1-2 minutes, then stir until the chocolate is completely smooth. Add the vanilla, espresso powder and liqueur (if using), and stir to combine. Serve warm. If serving cool, sauce can be thinned with water--one teaspoon at a time. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Reheat over a low heat or in the microwave.

CHOCOLATE SAUCE (A LA THE JOY OF COOKING)

Steps:

• place butter, cream, milk and sugar in a pan over medium high heat.
• stir constantly.
• allow to come to rolling boil and take off heat.
• add chocolate and allow to sit for about a minute - to melt.
• stir until integrated.
• add vanilla extract, stir.
• serve over ice cream, dip cookies in it, eat it from the spoon.
• *you can add dark rum instead of vanilla, 1/2 of light cream instead of the 1/4 and 1/4, white sugar instead of turbinado, etc.

JOY OF COOKING BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Over medium heat stir all of the ingredients together.