Sundaes With Chocolate Caramel And Macadamia Nut Sauce Recipes

SUNDAES WITH CHOCOLATE CARAMEL AND MACADAMIA NUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir sugar and bourbon in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium-high. Boil without stirring until mixture turns deep amber color, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat. Add cream (mixture will bubble up) and whisk until smooth. Return to boil, whisking constantly. Remove from heat, add butter and chocolate and stir until smooth. Mix in nuts. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill. Before using, rewarm over low heat, stirring constantly and thinning with small amount of water if necessary.)
• Serve ice cream with sauce.

CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a baking pan toast nuts in one layer in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes, and cool. Finely chop nuts and chocolate separately.
• In a dry heavy saucepan cook sugar over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork to help sugar melt evenly), until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel, without stirring, swirling pan, until deep golden. Remove pan from heat and carefully add cream down side of pan (mixture will bubble and steam). Simmer mixture, stirring occasionally, until caramel is dissolved. Stir in chocolate and nuts. Cool sauce 10 minutes and in a food processor blend until smooth.
• Serve sauce warm. Sauce may be made 1 week ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat sauce to warm before serving.

MACADAMIA NUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• CAKE.
• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Butter a 10" round cake pan.
• In food processor combine nuts, flour and baking powder. Pulse to chop nuts finely.
• In large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar together.
• In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold whites into yolk mixture.
• Fold in nut mixture.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Spoon into cake pan.
• Bake 30 minutes until golden.
• CARAMEL SAUCE.
• In saucepan over medium heat, add sugar and half and half and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Simmer gently without stirring until caramelized.
• Remove from heat, stir in butter.
• Let cool.
• Drizzle over cake and top with whipped cream.

TROPICAL SUNDAES

Steps:

• Place 2 scoops of ice cream in a dessert bowl. Top with some toasted coconut, nuts, whipped cream, a drizzle of caramel sauce and some extra coconut.