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Chewy Hot Fudge Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate finely chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. In a heavy sauce pan, melt the butter with the chocolate and corn syrup, stirring over medium low heat until chocolate and butter are fully melted and combined with the corn syrup.
  2. Add the cream, then pour the sugar into the middle of the mixture so that you have minimal or no sugar crystals sticking to the side of the pan. Carefully stir until the sugar is dissolved.
  3. Once the sugar is dissolved, stop stirring and increase heat to medium. Bring the mixture to a boil without any stirring and let it boil for 8 minutes.
  4. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla and the salt.
  5. Serve hot over ice cream or allow to completely cool before covering and storing in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

*I can't stress the importance of using a heavy pan. Thin pans do not distribute heat well and can easily burn a sugary mixture like this.

*It's important to let the mixture cool before storing. If you cover it too soon, the steam from the warmth of the mixture will condense, drip back into the mixture and cause graininess.

*If it does get grainy while being stored in the refrigerator, there's no need to fret. Just measure out however much you're going to use, add a splash or so of heavy cream, stir it up and reheat in the microwave. The grains should melt right back into the mixture and it will become smooth and glossy once again. If it's still grainy, just add a bit more cream and heat again for a few seconds until it's smooth. You can also add a teaspoon of corn syrup to the mixture to help retard any further crystallization and help with some of the chewiness.

*The sauce keeps in the refrigerator, covered for about a month. I just scoop out whatever I'm going to use and heat it up (I let it just start to get bubbly) with some cream (and maybe a little corn syrup) and I am good to go! Recipe from Gourmet Magazine, June 1993