love, love me 'due

on valentine's day Dan and I made a chocolate pecan pie for dessert, and decided to put the fondue and fondue fixings on hold.  too much chocolate and too much richness for one day.

instead we made the fondue this past Monday.  not too shabby for a monday, if you ask me.  we ate it with bananas, strawberries, amaretto injected strawberries, walnuts and an apple. sounds like a lot, but once you start dipping you just get curious about flavor combinations. let the dipping begin! 


Chocolate Fondue
1 pound of  semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, well chopped or chips
1 1/2 cups of organic heavy cream


For dipping (really, anything is delicious dipped in chocolate goodness):
strawberries
bananas
marshmallows
graham crackers
apples
nuts
cake?


Set aside the chocolate. Pour the cream into a medium, thick-bottomed saucepan (or double boiler if you have one) over low heat. Bring the cream to a simmer and add the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is melted.


Transfer the chocolate to a fondue pot and enjoy.