Keep your dessert sauces warm in a fondue pot.
When preparing desserts that pair well with warm sweet sauces, such as ice cream or pie, it can sometimes be frustrating how quickly those sauces will cool down and harden. To prevent this, you can use a fondue pot to keep them at a consistently warm temperature. While fondue pots are traditionally used as vessels for dipping, they can also be used to hold dessert sauces from which you ladle individual servings. Everything from hot fudge to caramel can be melted in a fondue pot and kept warm on your kitchen table.
Instructions
1. Pour three ounces or less of denatured alcohol into the fuel reservoir of the alcohol burner. Three ounces will burn for about an hour and a half, so try using less if you do not plan to keep your dessert sauces warm for that long. Wipe off any excess alcohol from the burner, and securely fasten the denatured alcohol's cap. Place the denatured alcohol in a location far from the burner once it is lit.
2. Place the alcohol burner in a fondue pot stand, and use a match to light it at its center hole.
3. Adjust the size of the flame to a medium-low setting with the burner's handle. For a larger flame, turn the handle so that the holes of the burner open. Do the opposite to shrink the flame.
4. Place your dessert sauce in the fondue pot, and place it atop the fondue pot stand.
5. Stir the dessert sauce as it begins to warm over the flame of the alcohol burner. Once it is completely liquid, set the flame to a slightly lower heat. The dessert sauce will stay warm in the fondue pot for as long as the alcohol burner lasts. To extinguish the flame when you are done, simply place the alcohol burner's cover over its top.
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