Hot chocolate will help you warm up on a winter evening, get enough of the taste of chocolate and give a feeling of happiness. At the same time, to drink a cup of it, you do not need to go to the coffee shop. As the drink can be prepared by yourself in your own kitchen.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Neither cocoa powder nor instant granules are suitable for making real hot chocolate. Only a good dark chocolate bar with a cocoa content of at least 60% should be used. You can brew the drink in water, milk, cream, or combine these products. The real drink is made on the basis of milk and cream. Such a product is obtained with a pleasant taste, but high in calories. Therefore, girls who follow the figure, while unable to refuse their favorite drink, can prepare it on the basis of drinking water. You can also reduce the amount of sugar. This will significantly reduce the calorie content of the drink. The product boiled in water turns out to be light, but freshish, so it is better to flavor it with spices and spices. The best option is hot chocolate made from water and milk, in such a mixture the chocolate dissolves better, it turns out to be delicate and lighter.
It should be said that hot chocolate is very healthy. It has been proven by doctors that chocolate in the form of a drink is much healthier than a hard bar. It contains vitamins A, group B, C, D, E, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, flavonoids. Moreover, all properties are not destroyed during heat treatment. In addition, it is known that the drink has miraculous properties - it has a positive effect on mood. A cup of hot chocolate is the first helper in the fight against depression.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 77 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- Milk - 200 ml
- Potato starch - 1 tsp
- Dark chocolate - 50 g
- Sugar - 0.5 tsp or to taste (you can omit it)
Step by step hot chocolate recipe
1. Pour 2/3 of the milk into a mug or saucepan, place it on the stove and heat it up.
2. Grate the chocolate on a fine grater and place in a container with milk when it reaches a warm temperature.
3. Continue heating the milk over low heat, stirring constantly. The chocolate should dissolve completely, but not boil. Otherwise, the drink will have a bitter taste.
4. Dissolve the starch in the remaining milk and mix well. So that it dissolves completely. Then pour it into hot chocolate in a thin stream. Put sugar in the drink and bring it to almost a boil again.
5. Pour the finished hot chocolate into a tasting glass and serve to the dessert table. Serve with a dark chocolate bar or nuts.
Tip: You can add anything you want to hot chocolate. For example, beaten egg yolk, sour cream, or flour. These foods, like the starch, give the drink its thickness. Alcohol and spices also saturate the drink with a unique taste. Rum, liqueur, cognac, cinnamon, vanilla, chili peppers, fruits, ginger, cardamom, dried fruits, ice cream are well combined here.
See also the video recipe on how to make real hot chocolate. Recipe from the chef Ilya Lazerson.
