Hot Fudge Recipe with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Name: Hot Fudge Recipe with Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Total time: 15 min
Yield: About 2 cups
Ingredients: 3/4 cup heavy cream; 1/3 cup light corn syrup; 5 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder; 1 1/4 cups chopped semisweet chocolate; 1/3 cup Heraclea Mature Harvest EVOO; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (or 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste); 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Written by: Cooks of Heraclea

Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients: 8

Glossy olive oil hot fudge sauce being poured over vanilla ice cream in a sundae glass

We owe this one to Jessie Sheehan, with our own twist. Cream, cocoa, and corn syrup come to a boil; semisweet chocolate melts in; then, off the heat, a third of a cup of our Mature Harvest oil gets stirred through with vanilla and salt. The oil may separate at first — keep whisking, it comes together into something glossy and thick, bittersweet with a faint grassy edge butter can't give you. Pour it warm over ice cream, or keep a jar in the fridge for three months of better sundaes. It won't last that long.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup light corn syrup
5 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups chopped semisweet chocolate
1/3 cup Heraclea Mature Harvest EVOO
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (or 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Steps:

In a medium saucepan, bring the cream, corn syrup, sugar, and cocoa powder to a boil over medium to medium-high heat.
Add the chocolate and simmer over medium heat until the chocolate melts, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the olive oil, vanilla, and salt. The olive oil may separate at first, but with gentle stirring (or whisking) it will all come together.
Use immediately, or let cool to room temperature and refrigerate, covered, for up to three months.
Gently reheat the sauce in the microwave, in a microwave-safe container, in 30-second intervals, stirring between each one. The olive oil may separate; keep whisking until it comes back together.