After-Dinner Chocolate

Title:
After-Dinner Chocolate

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Beverages,
Chocolate,
Holiday,
Liqueurs




Ingredients:





     2 c  Water


     4 oz Bittersweet chocolate or


          -semisweet; chopped


     3 tb Grand Marnier


   1/4 c  Whipping cream


          Orange peel; finely grated






 1. Combine water and chocolate in a small saucepan; cook and stir just till


 boiling. Remove from heat; stir in liqueur or vanilla. Beat cream in a


 small chilled mixing bowl with an electric mixer on low to medium speed


 till soft peaks form. Top each serving with whipped cream; sprinkle with


 orange peel, if desired.


 


 2. The orange peel is optional. You can use Amaretto or vanilla extract in


 place of the Grand Marnier if desired


 


 NOTES : Bittersweet chocolate usually has a more pronounced chocolate


 flavor than semi-sweet.


 Recipe by: Better Homes Christmas Cookies 1997


 


 Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 534 by "Marie Smith"


 
on Jan 15, 1998