Chocolate zabaglione

This dessert sauce goes wonderfully well with fresh fruits like strawberries. Choose some large and lusciously sweet.

Ingredients

6 egg yolk
1⁄2 cup sugar
2 ounces chocolate (semi sweet chocolate chips)
1⁄3 cup sherry (sweet cream sherry)
3 tablespoons cream (heavy cream, double cream)

Instructions

  1. Over low heat, in a double boiler, beat the egg yolks with sugar, until it becomes foamy.
  2. Melt the chocolate in another double boiler - a bowl set on top of a sauce pan half filled with water can be used.
  3. Add the Sherry and cream.
  4. Carefully pour the chocolate mixture into the eggs, Whisk continuously until the mixture thickens then pour into dessert glasses.
  5. Serve hot.
Yield
4 servings
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Total time
30 minutes

Source

Italian cuisine

moderate, sweet
dessert, entertaining
Italian food recipes
Food in Europe