Hot Fudge Sauce (with recipe idea):

This simple sauce is probably enough for 3/4 people:

250ml double cream (here you CAN use low-fat)

175g dark chocolate, chopped (good quality)

1 tbsp cocoa powder + extra to decorate

100g marshmallows

60g hazelnuts

1 pot of vanilla Green & Blacks ice cream (it is SO unbelievably good)

Roast the hazelnuts in a hot oven (190°C or thereabouts) for approximately 5 minutes. Check they’re not burning regularly then, with a clean tea towel, rub them so the skins come off. Shaking them in a wire sieve also helps. Cut the nuts in half.

Bring the cream to a simmer on low heat. Take off the heat then add the chocolate and cocoa. You are, to all intents and purposes, making a thick ganache-like cream. Mix until smooth and shiny. Return to the heat then add the marshmallows until they begin to melt a little.

Place a few dollops of ice cream on to some plates and drizzle over the sauce, then top with the nuts and a little sprinkling of cocoa.