Spicy Chocolate Sauce
Traditional dish with semisweet chocolate, white granulated sugar, divided, yolks.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate
- ¾ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 habanero chilli
- 12 wheat flour tortillas, each cut into 10 wedges
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Steps
- Toss the tortilla wedges with the butter.
- Sprinkle with ¼ cup sugar.
- Place on a half-sheet pan.
- Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes.
- Remove.
- Set aside.
- Heat an inch of water in a large saucepan to a simmer.
- Place a stainless steel bowl that hangs over the edges on top to make a double boiler.
- Remove the bowl from the pot.
- Add the egg yolks, whisking continuously.
- Place back on top of the pot.
- Cook, whisking continuously, until eggs fall off of whisk in a ribbon.
- Add the chocolate, chilli, orange juice, remaining sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Cook, whisking continuously, until chocolate is melted and all ingredients are heated through.
- Drizzle the sauce over the tortillas.
- Serve warm.
Adapted from “Spicy Chocolate Sauce”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.