COFFEE CHOCOLATE FONDUE WITH IRISH WHISKEY

Coffee Chocolate Fondue with Irish Whiskey image

Provided by Vicki Butts (lazyme)

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 1/4 c heavy cream
2 tsp brown sugar
2 oz semisweet chocolate
1 c strong freshly brewed coffee
4 tsp cornstarch (heaping)
1/4 c irish whiskey
ACCOMPANIMENTS:
4 oranges
3 oz amarettini (tiny amaretti cookies)
3 oz pirouettes or tuile cookies

Steps:

1. Peel the oranges, removing all white membrane. Cut the sections away from the membranes that separate them, catching the juice. Arrange the sections on a plate. Place amarettini and other cookies in a bowl.
2. Bring heavy cream to boil with brown sugar.
3. Coarsely chop semisweet chocolate, add to the cream, and let melt, stirring.
4. Mix in coffee, reserving 3 tablespoons. Mix the reserved coffee with cornstarch, stir into the fondue, and bring to boil.
5. Transfer the mixture to a fondue pot (caquelon). Add Irish whiskey to flavor. Set on a burner over a low flame or on a small hot plate.
6. Spear an orange section on the fondue fork and draw through the chocolate mixture. Serve with the cookies.