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Browse our delightful collection of chocolate recipes, including Kevin Mangeolles' dazzling chocolate mousse, a chocolate cheesecake recipe from Bryan Webb and a chocolate brownie recipe from Frances Atkins, plus text from Matthew Fort on the feel good staple.

Fort on Chocolate

Another debt we owe to Central and South America (along with potatoes, corn, chillies and tomatoes). Typically, chocolate was thought to be an aphrodisiac when it was first introduced. More modern research has confirmed that there may be some substance behind the myth. Chocolate starts with the theobroma cacao tree and ends in a vast array of forms, some of which in the UK contains so little of the original cocoa solids that it doesn’t classify as chocolate by EU standards. But we love it all the same. Chefs, on the other hand, prefer the purer, fancier, more expensive stuff.

Chocolate is incredibly complex – it contains 380 known chemicals, some of which are opioids, some of which have a cannabinoid-like effect, some of which act as antioxidants, and some of which are plain delicious. It is a myth that the higher the ‘chocolate’ (i.e. cocoa butter and cocoa solids) the better the chocolate. It may or it may not, although below a certain point all you will get is rubbish.

There is endless debate amongst chefs as to which is the best source for coverture, the chocolate used in cooking. Valrhona is probably the most widely used. But many swear by Amadei, Michel Cluizel, Callebaut, EL Rey and Felchin among others.

Article written by Matthew Fort

What Chocolate Goes With

We all know that chocolate can form the basis of a great dessert but lesser known is its ability to go into savoury dishes as a flavour harmoniser. In South American regions it is often used in chilli, to add depth to the dish’s overall taste - just be careful not to overdo it.

Fruit and chocolate can be a loving marriage - chocolate and cherry, chocolate and passion fruit and, of course, chocolate and orange, all work perfectly in sweeter courses. White chocolate, with its essence of vanilla, is used by those in the know, as a subtler instrument of flavour.

Nutty notes also work well chocolate. Peanuts, almonds and hazelnuts are divine once coated in white, dark or milk chocolate.
 
Chocolate recipes
Bitter chocolate textures
Bitter chocolate textures Paul Foster
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours plus freezing time
Serves:8
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Chocolate and peanut mousse cake with gingerbread ice cream
Chocolate and peanut mousse cake with gingerbread ice cream Josh Eggleton
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:3 hours
Serves:20
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Chocolate tart
Chocolate tart Dominic Chapman
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 25 minutes plus 5 hours to overnight chilling time
Serves:8
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Chocolate fondant with peanut butter ice cream and dark chocolate sauce
Chocolate fondant with peanut butter ice cream and dark chocolate sauce Mark Dodson
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:2 hours 30 minutes
Serves:6
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Chocolate orange pudding with orange crisps
Chocolate orange pudding with orange crisps Shaun Rankin
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 55 minutes plus dehydrating and cooling time
Serves:12
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Chocolate mousse cake with raspberries
Chocolate mousse cake with raspberries William Drabble
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:3 hours 50 minutes
Serves:16
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Chocolate soufflé
Chocolate soufflé Daniel Clifford
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:45 minutes
Serves:6
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Chocolate brownie
Chocolate brownie Frances Atkins
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:50 minutes
Serves:6
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Chocolate profiteroles
Chocolate profiteroles Geoffrey Smeddle
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:4
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Amedei chocolate tart
Amedei chocolate tart Shay Cooper
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour plus 24 hours resting and 2 hours chilling
Serves:8
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Black Forest gâteau
Black Forest gâteau Stephen Crane
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Challenging
Cooking Time:2 hours 30 minutes plus churning
Serves:8
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Chilled chocolate fondant with salted butter caramel sauce
Chilled chocolate fondant with salted butter caramel sauce Simon Hulstone
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours 30 minutes plus setting time
Serves:4
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Chocolate sorbet
Chocolate sorbet Paul Ainsworth
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:25 minutes plus churning time
Serves:10
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Chocolate and chilli tart with crème fraîche and lime
Chocolate and chilli tart with crème fraîche and lime Robert Thompson
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour plus resting and infusion time
Serves:8
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Bitter chocolate and malt tart
Bitter chocolate and malt tart Simon Hulstone
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 20 minutes
Serves:4
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Chocolate fondant with nougatine biscuit and toffee sauce
Chocolate fondant with nougatine biscuit and toffee sauce Dominic Chapman
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 50 minutes
Serves:10
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Chocolate truffles
Chocolate truffles Chris Horridge
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:40 minutes plus overnight setting
Serves:6
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Chocolate fondant
Chocolate fondant Tom Aikens
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:45 minutes
Serves:6
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Chocolate and Cointreau self-saucing puddings
Chocolate and Cointreau self-saucing puddings Marcus Wareing
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:35 minutes
Serves:4
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Chocolate and Drambuie truffles
Chocolate and Drambuie truffles Bruno Loubet
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour plus chilling
Serves:15
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Chocolate cheesecake
Chocolate cheesecake Bryan Webb
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 45 minutes plus overnight setting
Serves:8
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Chocolate mousse
Chocolate mousse Adam Stokes
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:4
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Chocolate orange mousse
Chocolate orange mousse Nathan Outlaw
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:50 minutes plus 2 hours chilling time
Serves:4
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Chocolate peanut popcorn and coconut custard
Chocolate peanut popcorn and coconut custard Paul Ainsworth
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:50 minutes
Serves:4
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Chocolate pudding
Chocolate pudding Galton Blackiston
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:8
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Chocolate pudding with lavender sorbet
Chocolate pudding with lavender sorbet Pascal Aussignac
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes plus churning time
Serves:10
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Chocolate torte
Chocolate torte Shaun Hill
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:8
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Chocolate, fudge and Cornish sea salt brownies
Chocolate, fudge and Cornish sea salt brownies Nathan Outlaw
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:55 minutes
Serves:10
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Chocolate-mandarin kheer
Chocolate-mandarin kheer Vineet Bhatia
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour plus soaking and cooling
Serves:4
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Cinnamon doughnuts and chocolate sauce
Cinnamon doughnuts and chocolate sauce Kevin Mangeolles
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:40 minutes plus 2 hours resting
Serves:6
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Cointreau orange chocolates
Cointreau orange chocolates Daniel Clifford
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:30 minutes
Serves:10
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Dark cherry soufflé with clotted cream ice cream and dark chocolate sauce
Dark cherry soufflé with clotted cream ice cream and dark chocolate sauce Matthew Tomkinson
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes plus cooling and freezing
Serves:4
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Dark chocolate and orange ganache, orange parfait and cocoa nib tuille
Dark chocolate and orange ganache, orange parfait and cocoa nib tuille Adam Simmonds
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:4
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Dark chocolate cylinder with smoked hazelnut praline and salted milk ice cream
Dark chocolate cylinder with smoked hazelnut praline and salted milk ice cream Lisa Allen
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Challenging
Cooking Time:4 hours plus churning and setting time
Serves:4
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Dark chocolate delice with coffee ice cream
Dark chocolate delice with coffee ice cream Matthew Tomkinson
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour plus setting and churning time
Serves:4
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Dark chocolate floedebolle
Dark chocolate floedebolle Christoffer Hruskova
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:10
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Dark chocolate fudge
Dark chocolate fudge Simon Hulstone
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour includes setting time
Serves:24
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Dark chocolate mousse, poached agen prunes and Earl Grey tea ice cream
Dark chocolate mousse, poached agen prunes and Earl Grey tea ice cream Kevin Mangeolles
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:2 hours 10 minutes plus cooling and freezing
Serves:6
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Dark chocolate soufflé with Christmas pudding ice cream and cinnamon sugar
Dark chocolate soufflé with Christmas pudding ice cream and cinnamon sugar Shaun Rankin
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Challenging
Cooking Time:2 hours plus freezing
Serves:6
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Hot chocolate soufflé
Hot chocolate soufflé Bruno Loubet
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:4
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Easy profiteroles
Easy profiteroles Tom Aikens
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:6
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Grilled peaches, white chocolate rabdi and cardamom panna cotta
Grilled peaches, white chocolate rabdi and cardamom panna cotta Vineet Bhatia
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes plus 3 hours chilling
Serves:4
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Chocolate and hazelnut croquant with popcorn sorbet
Chocolate and hazelnut croquant with popcorn sorbet Phil Carnegie
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:40 minutes plus infusing and freezing
Serves:8
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Honeycomb lollipops
Honeycomb lollipops Paul Ainsworth
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:20 minutes plus setting time
Serves:4
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Hot chocolate tart with banana and passion fruit ice cream
Hot chocolate tart with banana and passion fruit ice cream Simon Haigh
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours 30 minutes plus soaking of bananas overnight
Serves:8
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Jaffa cakes
Jaffa cakes Marcus Wareing
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:6
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Avocado, lime and chocolate parfait
Avocado, lime and chocolate parfait Marcello Tully
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:30 minutes plus setting time
Serves:10
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Mushroom truffles
Mushroom truffles Nuno Mendes
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:2 hours
Serves:25
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Tiramisu
Tiramisu Paul Ainsworth
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:35 minutes plus 1 hour soaking time
Serves:8
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Magnum liquorice
Magnum liquorice Gary Jones
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:30 minutes
Serves:15
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Milk chocolate and hazelnut flapjack
Milk chocolate and hazelnut flapjack Josh Eggleton
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:40 minutes
Serves:60
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Mini white chocolate muffins
Mini white chocolate muffins Andy Waters
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:20 minutes
Serves:6
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Mint bon-bons
Mint bon-bons Marcus Wareing
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:30 minutes plus 70 minutes setting time
Serves:60
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Rich chocolate cake
Rich chocolate cake Marcus Wareing
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:8
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Simple fudge recipe
Simple fudge recipe Geoffrey Smeddle
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour plus cooling
Serves:6
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Passion fruit and white chocolate cheesecake with fresh orange sorbet
Passion fruit and white chocolate cheesecake with fresh orange sorbet Matthew Tomkinson
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 20 minutes plus freezing the ice cream & 2 days drying of orange crisps
Serves:4
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Fresh mint in white chocolate
Fresh mint in white chocolate Alfred Prasad
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:2 hours
Serves:6
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Chilled rice pudding with chocolate sorbet, mandarin soup and macadamia nut tuille
Chilled rice pudding with chocolate sorbet, mandarin soup and macadamia nut tuille Laurie Gear
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours
Serves:6
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Passion fruit ganache
Passion fruit ganache Adam Simmonds
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:20 minutes plus cooling
Serves:4
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Profiteroles with passion fruit cream and chocolate sauce
Profiteroles with passion fruit cream and chocolate sauce Paul Heathcote
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:4
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Roquefort and cinnamon doughnuts, white chocolate and cognac jelly
Roquefort and cinnamon doughnuts, white chocolate and cognac jelly Pascal Aussignac
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:1 hour 40 minutes
Serves:4
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Simple chocolate pots
Simple chocolate pots Paul Heathcote
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:30 minutes plus chilling
Serves:4
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Spiced poached pears with hot chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream
Spiced poached pears with hot chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream Adam Gray
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:45 minutes
Serves:4
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Tonka bean crème brûlée
Tonka bean crème brûlée Stephen Crane
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:2 hours 40 minutes plus freezing sorbet and resting the tuiles
Serves:12
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Warm chocolate doughnuts with a damson fool
Warm chocolate doughnuts with a damson fool Adam Gray
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours plus setting, proving and resting
Serves:6
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White chocolate and raspberry floedebolle
White chocolate and raspberry floedebolle Christoffer Hruskova
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 30 minutes plus setting time
Serves:4
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Banana and caramel parfait, peanut ice cream and kalamansi purée
Banana and caramel parfait, peanut ice cream and kalamansi purée Robert Thompson
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours 30 minutes plus freezing
Serves:8
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White chocolate and cranberry fudge
White chocolate and cranberry fudge Marcello Tully
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:20 minutes plus cooling time
Serves:20
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White chocolate and tonka bean truffles
White chocolate and tonka bean truffles James Sommerin
Course:Petit four
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:30 minutes plus 24 hours setting time. Makes 40 truffles
Serves:20
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Mackerel, white chocolate, horseradish and beetroot
Mackerel, white chocolate, horseradish and beetroot James Sommerin
Course:Starter
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 20 minutes plus pickling time
Serves:6
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White chocolate fudge
White chocolate fudge Phil Carnegie
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Easy
Cooking Time:25 minutes plus cooling
Serves:6
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Yorkshire tea brack with marmalade, chocolate and caramel
Yorkshire tea brack with marmalade, chocolate and caramel Frances Atkins
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:2 hours 30 minutes plus infusing and setting time
Serves:8
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Jersey Royal potato and chocolate pastries
Jersey Royal potato and chocolate pastries Frances Atkins
Course:Dessert
Complexity:Medium
Cooking Time:1 hour 15 minutes
Serves:4
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