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      Title: Chile Chocolate Sorbet With Kumquat Compote
 Categories: Desserts, Sorbet
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
      2 oz Dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
      1 sm Dried chile pepper
      2 oz Cane sugar
      2 tb Cocoa powder
    250 ml Water
      2 tb Amaretto or almond syrup
      4 oz Kumquats
      1 lg Orange
      2 tb Mild honey
    1/2    Vanilla bean
 
  Chop or grate the chocolate fine.
  
  Cut chile pepper in half, shake out seeds, and chop fine.
  
  In a pot, combine sugar, cocoa powder, and water, and stir. Bring to
  a boil over medium heat.
  
  Remove pot from heat. Stir in chopped chocolate and chopped chile
  pepper. Stir in amaretto or almond syrup.
  
  Pour mixture into ice cream maker and freeze for about 20 minutes or
  pour into a shallow metal tray and freeze, stirring frequently, for 3
  to 4 hours. The more often you stir the mixture with a whisk or hand
  blender, the finer the sorbet.
  
  Meanwhile, rinse kumquats in hot water and cut into thin slices,
  removing seeds. Cut orange in half and squeeze out 100 ml juice.
  
  Cut vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out seeds from half. In a
  small pot, bring the vanilla seeds and honey to a boil.
  
  Add kumquats to the pot. Stir in orange juice, bring to a boil again,
  and let boil uncovered over low heat for 10 minutes. Pour into a bowl
  and let cool. To serve, scoop sorbet into balls and serve with
  compote.
  
  Recipe FROM: eatsmarter.com
 
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