Hot chocolate
- Drink
- Easy
- 1
- 15 minutes
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Despite renaissance in coffee quality in recent years most cafés have sadly neglected their hot chocolate offering. Jennifer Earle redresses the balance with her favourite ever hot chocolate recipe, and even includes a healthy hot chocolate recipe for health-conscious chocolate lovers.
Ingredients
Hot chocolate
- 300ml of whole milk
- 40g of dark chocolate , the best quality you can find
- 2 tsp boiling water
- 1 pinch of sea salt , tiny (not table salt)
Optional extras
- 1 tbsp of cream
- 3 drops of vanilla extract
- 1 pinch of sugar, more or less depending on the sweetness of the chocolate used (if you add vanilla and cream you really shouldn’t need sugar as well!)
- 1 tbsp of rum
For a healthier version
- 120ml of almond milk, (buy in most supermarkets or make your own with a blender, water and a muslin cloth to strain the liquid through – or leave the bits in!)
- 15g of dark chocolate , 100% (Willie’s Cacao is widely available in most supermarkets or failing this you could use cocoa instead, but it won’t be as rich and delicious)
- 1 pinch of pink Himalayan salt , (contains 82 essential minerals)
- 1 tsp Manuka honey , (good for its antibacterial properties)
- 180ml of boiling water
- 3 drops of vanilla extract, optional (makes it taste sweeter without adding more sugar)
- 1 pinch of cinnamon , (good for the metabolism and, again, making it taste sweeter without calories)
Method
1
Warm a cup first by swirling it with boiling water (it helps the chocolate to melt)
2
Chop the chocolate finely and put in a cup (or jug if you’re making several cups-worth). Add the salt and then the 2 tsp boiling water and stir to melt
3
Heat the milk to just below boiling and pour in slowly, stirring the whole time
4
If you have a blender and can be bothered cleaning it afterwards you’ll get a much nicer froth to the drink if you whizz the ingredients together in there instead
5
If making the healthier version, follow steps 1 and 2, then add the remaining boiling water and honey, then the almond milk, stirring all the time
6
Like the regular version, the healthy hot chocolate can be made in a blender - essential if you want to add prunes
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