Swiss Chocolate Fondue

Switzerland is the country where people eat more chocolate. Swiss people eat chocolate at an average well over 20 lb (10 kg) per person in one year. Swiss chocolate is famous since the creation of milk chocolate and chocolate bars and many chocolate manufacturers still guard their formulas in vaults even today.

Chocolate fondue recipe

Fondue and chocolate, this recipe matches two Swiss well known symbols. Although dessert fondues are relatively modern, wouldn't get you into regional mood dipping pieces of cake into a caquelon of melted chocolate? Wicked!

Ingredients

USA
12 oz		pound cake, cut into 1-inch cubes
4 cups		fruit cut into bite-size chunks, pineapples, bananas, pears, or apples
2 cups		whole strawberries or cherries
1/2 cup		light cream or half-and-half
1 Tbs		honey
1/4 tsp		vanilla extract
6 oz		solid milk chocolate, grated, or milk chocolate morsels
3 oz		solid bittersweet chocolate, grated, or bittersweet chocolate morsels

Metric
350 g		pound cake, cut into 1-inch cubes
600 g		fruit cut into bite-size chunks, pineapples, bananas, pears, or apples
150 g		whole strawberries or cherries
125 ml		light cream or half-and-half
15 ml		honey
2 ml		vanilla extract
175 g		solid milk chocolate, grated, or milk chocolate morsels
100 g		solid bittersweet chocolate, grated, or bittersweet chocolate morsels

Serves: 4 as main course.

Procedure

Place cream, honey and vanilla extract in the top part of a double boiler, stirring constantly. When the mixture is warm, add chocolate, a little at a time, stirring until all the chocolate melts.
Transfer to a fondue pot or earthenware pot and take to the table.
Set fondue pot in the middle of the table Place cake cubes and fruit on a serving platter.

Serving size: 1/6 of the original recipe.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings as a dessert.

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.


Amount Per Serving
Calories		554.45
Calories From Fat (25%)		137.77
		% Daily Value
Total Fat 16.86g		26%
Saturated Fat 9.64g		48%
Cholesterol 11.10mg		4%
Sodium 40.49mg		2%
Potassium 531.12mg		15%
Carbohydrates 101.58g		34%
Dietary Fiber 7.65g		31%
Sugar 12.65g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 93.93g
Protein 7.69g		15%

Cooking and serving tips

Place a plate, a regular fork and a long fondue fork for each person. Have each one spear cake or fruit with a fondue fork, dip it into chocolate, swirl, and remove. Transfer to a regular fork to eat. Do not forget the napkins! this way to eat chocolate has may become messy.
You may use a traditional fondue pot and heat it over a small alcohol burner or a candle. If you use an electric fondue pot, set temperature to "dessert."

Recipe type

Dessert, Snack.

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