Bittersweet Chocolate-Orange Fondue Recipe

  Dessert

Ingredients:
1/3 c whipping cream
1 1/2 tsp (packed) grated orange peel
8 oz. bittersweet, or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
3 Tbl Grand Marnier or other orange liquer
8 one inch pieces pound cake
8 one inch pieces angel food cake
8 fresh strawberries, hulled
2 kiwis, peeled, each cut into 4 rounds
1 small pear, cored, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 lg banana, cut into 8 rounds
1 orange, peel and pith removed, cut into sections
8 dried Calimyrna figs
8 dried apricot halves

Directions:
Bring whipping cream and grated orange peel to simmer in heavy saucepan. Reduce heat to low. Add chopped chocolate and 1 Tbl Grand Marnier, whisk until mixture is smooth. Remove fondue from heat and blend in remaining 2 Tbl Grand Marnier.

Transfer fondue to fondue pot. Place over candle or canned heat burner. Serve with cake pieces and fruit for dipping.

Bittersweet Chocolate-Orange Fondue
 

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