SWEET SAUCE: If you take the time & effort to make this sauce, you will not be disappointed by it's ability to enhance any dessert or ice cream that you are enjoying with it.

KAHLUA SAUCE:

 

 

 

1/3 cup water                                                  

½ cup sugar

2 tbsp. grated orange peel                               

3 tbsp cornstarch

1 cup plus 6 tbsp whipping cream                  

1 cup half and half

1 oz semi-sweet chocolate                              

½ cup Kahlua liqueur

 

 

 

Combine water, sugar and orange peel in saucepan. Simmer gently over low-medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes; stirring until sugar is dissolved to make syrup. Blend cornstarch with 6 tablespoons of the whipping cream, and beat this into syrup. Cook until sauce is beginning to thicken.

 

Add remaining 1 cup cream and the half and half into syrup-cream mixture.  Continue cooking and stirring until mixture has thickened.  Add chocolate and cook until melted and smooth.

 

Remove from heat. Strain into a container and let cool to room temperature. When ready to serve, add liqueur.