Desserts & Baking

Chocolate sauce

Name: Chocolate sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: PTM
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes 1 cup servings
Cuisine: Desserts & Baking
Ingredients: cocoa powder 50g,sugar 200 g,water 1⁄2 cup,salt, a pinch ,vanilla extract 1T

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves Makes 1 cup

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

“This is an easy chocolate sauce that you can use on ice cream, waffles and to glaze doughnuts or to dip strawberries into. Keep it in a jar in the fridge for up to two weeks. It might seem runny but thickens up once it's been chilled.” - Abigail Donnelly

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Ingredients

Method

50 g cocoa powder
200 g sugar
1⁄2 cup water
salt, a pinch
1 T vanilla extract

Method

Ingredients

Place all ingredients except the vanilla into a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and stir until the sugar has melted. Stir in the vanilla. Cool and spoon into a jar.

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Photography: Jan Ras
Food assistant: Emma Nkunzana & Cheri Kustner

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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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