1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp orange liqueur
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
Combine sugar and cocoa in a saucepan; stir well. Add water, stirring
until smooth. Add liqueur and corn syrup; stir well. Place over
medium heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat;
stir in vanilla. Pour into a bowl; cover and chill. (per tablespoon:
46 calories, 0. 3g fat, 6% calories from fat)
Recipe By : Cooking Light, Guilt-Free Desserts
Servings: 14 servings
Chocolate Orange Sauce Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Chocolate; Dessert; Fruit; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as an idea can be traced way back into distant history, in fact as far back as pharonic Egypt, and maybe even further. Interesting though that is, generally, these old records were just very simple pictorial recipes for food preparation.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are some stone tablets in the Sumerian language which recount the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel blissful and exhilarated. As we move into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a few documents showing how to cook the recipes cooked by his fellow Romans. In his scrolls, he tells us how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into hors d`oeuvre, main course and afters, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius tells us how the ancient Romans used many herbs and spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs like thyme, mint and parsley. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and spices from Arab cuisine, including spices such as coriander, parsley, and basil. The introduction of these new culinary ideas prompted an increase in manuscripts on cookery, some of which are kept safe in private collections. Over the next few hundred years, the upper-class families of Wesstern Europe strove to offer the most extravagent meals, and because of this chefs and their recipes were greatly in demand. However, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that cooking and recipe publications reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted their lives to collating, verifying, and publishing recipes to allow everyone to enjoy them. When we get to the 1900s, cookery publications were greatly in demand as a result of higher levels of literacy, increased leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Chocolate Orange Sauce recipe.
