CHOCOLATE STOUT SAUCE
The chocolateay-bitter touch of stout beer, chocolate, cocoa, and sweet finish makes this chocolate sauce the perfect chocolate sauce to serve with pancakes, ice cream, french toast, or whatever you like.
Chocolate and stout beer?
Yes, the answe ris always yes. Chocolate & stout are sooo delicious, one of my favorite flavors. I still remember the first time I tasted it around 10 years ago and how surprising it was.
Since that moment, when chocolate and stout beer were not common as desserts in Spain, since nowadays I’ve taste different combinations and I can tell you that this chocolate stout sauce is perfect to serve with your desserts and you can prepare it in just 5 minutes.
To cook and bake my beer desserts I always use Ordum beer, because it has a soft flavor that combines well with chocolate, and Ordum beer is produced in Asturias, where I am from, using Borines natural spring water.
As I mentioned on the beer tiramisu recipe, if you visit Asturias, in the North of Spain, I recommend to visit their small factory because they are located in a beautiful small village.
How to serve sweet Chocolate Stout Sauce?
It’s a sweet chocolate sauce perfect to serve with any desserts, it has beer in the ingredients, but the flavor is sweet and soft, perfect with vanilla ice cream or pancakes.
What ingredients do I need to cook Chocolate Stout Sauce?
A small pot or saucepan, a bowl to mix ingredients and a whisk, this chocolate sauce is one of the easiest recipes that I know and too delicious with just 5 minutes.
If you are looking for an easy dessert for summer your guests will love this dessert, just buy some good vanilla ice cream and in 10 minutes you can serve the best chocolate dessert.
For beer lovers I let you a video with my proposal to prepare a fast dessert using some madeleines soak in beer, vanilla ice cream and Chocolate Stout Sauce, the result is the perfect beer lovers dessert in just 10 minutes.
Is this a non alcohol dessert?
I am not sure. Is true that you will reduce the alcohol in the heat for some minutes, but after reading many articles about cooking with alcohol I can tell that I am not sure.
Chocolate Stout Sauce
Equipment
- Sauce pan
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup White sugar
- 1/4 cup Cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup Ordum stout beer
- 4 onzes Dark chocolate
- 1 pinch Salt
Instructions
- Start mixing in a sauce pan the stout beer, cocoa powder and sugar.
- Cook medium heat for 3-4 minutes the beer, sugar and cocoa to reduce and mix all the ingredients well.
- Move from heat before adding the chocolate to avoid it burn from burning.
- While the beer mix stills hot add the chopped chocolate and stir it well until you have your Chocolate Stout Sauce.
- Serve the chocolate sauce on top of your pancakes or favorite ice cream and enjoy!
This is an excellent variation from the traditional chocolate sauce. I already have a list of desserts that would go perfectly with it.