High-quality bittersweet chocolate is essential to this recipe. Beware that chopping it will take awhile.

Adding them to the odds and ends you have lying around makes a meal that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

Make sure to prepare all the ingredients before cooking, because many of them are added to the pan in rapid succession.

It’s great to have around if you’re hosting guests, too.

This time it’s topped with an underappreciated fruit called persimmon.

And it’s how you choose to use the condiment that makes it fun.