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.



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Bon Appetit magazine
Submitted By: Maria Weston
weston@kmrmail.kmr.ll.mit.edu
Bittersweet Chocolate-Orange Fondue