Recipe: HOT FUDGE SUNDAE

HOT FUDGE SUNDAE

The popular all-time favourite.

Cooking Time : 10 min.
Preparation Time : 25 min.

Serves 10.

For the fudge sauce:

150 grams (5 oz.) plain chocolate
75 grams (3 oz.) sugar
9 tablespoons of boiling water
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons golden syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla essence

For topping:

roasted almonds
chopped walnuts

For the ice-cream:

2 ltrs (3 1/2 pints) milk
3/4 teacup sugar (approx.)
3 level tablespoons cornflour
400 grams (14 oz.) fresh cream
2 teaspoons vanilla essence

For the ice-cream:

1. Keep aside a little cold milk and boil the rest of the milk with the sugar for 5 minutes.
2. Mix the cornflour in the balance cold milk and add to the mixture.
3. Boil for 1 minute while stirring all the time. Cool.
4. Beat the cream very lightly, add to the mixture and mix very well.
5. Add the vanilla essence and mix very well.
6. Check the sweetness and adjust to your liking using sugar or lemon juice.
7. Prepare the ice-cream in an ice-cream churner.

For the fudge sauce:

1. Grate the chocolate.
2. Heat the sugar, water and butter and cook until the sugar has melted.
3. Add the golden syrup and the grated choclate.
4. Cook until the chocolate melts completely.
5. Cool a little and add the vanilla essence.

How to serve:

1. Pour a little warm sauce in a long stem glass. Put a little ice-cream, some sauce and again a little ice-cream. Top with roasted almonds or with chopped walnuts.