May 12, 2010

Fruit Basket Fondue

bananas, chocolate, pears, strawberries, Summer Desserts

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43 ratings

Prep time: 26 minutes
cooking time 7 to 8 minutes
Servings: 12

This fondue was so good, we wanted to skip the fruit and just eat the fondue with a spoon.

Ingredients

1 pint strawberries with stems
4 medium bananas
4 medium pears
1 small pineapple
1/2 (1-pound) pound cake
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tablespoon strong brewed coffee
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon coffee-orange liqueur or 1/2 teaspoon orange extract

Directions

1

Rinse strawberries, leaving stems intact. Slice the bananas. Core pears and cut into wedges. Peel and core pineapple. Cut the pineapple into large chunks. Cut pound cake into bite-size chunks.
2

Combine chocolate chips, whipping cream and corn syrup in a medium heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring continually, just until chocolate chips are melted; do not boil.
3

Add coffee, vanilla extract and coffee-orange liqueur to the chocolate mixture and mix well.
4

Cook chocolate mixture, stirring continually, until thickened, about 7 to 8 minutes. Pour into a fondue pot or heatproof dish. Serve with the fruit and pound cake for dipping.

Grandma's Secret Trick

Grandpa was especially fond of the combination of chocolate and orange. So sometimes Grandma added orange sections to the selection of fruits. She cut away the peel of an orange with a knife then cut the membrane from the fruit. She placed the orange sections on a fork so they wouldn't fall apart when dipped into the chocolate mixture.