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Italian hot chocolate

This delicious, custardy chocolate treat is made in minutes.

A treat for kids (and big kids) to enjoy at teatime, or any other time.

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Last modified on: April 26^th 2020

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For 6 mugs, you will need:

1 9 tablespoons water
2 75 g cornflour
3 1 litre 500 ml whole milk
4 30 g Vanilla sugar
5 150 g dark chocolate
Total weight: 1,890 grams

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How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
10 min.	10 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

Mix 9 tablespoons water with 75 g cornflour in a small bowl.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Bring 1 litre 500 ml whole milk to the boil.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Turn down the heat, add 30 g Vanilla sugar and 150 g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Turn off the heat, tip in the cornflour and water mixture all at once while whisking. The mixture will thicken almost immediately.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Pour into mugs or bowls. Serve hot or warm.

Remarks

If you prefer something a little sweeter, increase the amount of vanilla sugar or add a little caster sugar.

If your chocolate stash has run out, you can use cocoa powder instead, but you'll definitely need to add more sugar.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

My mother, when I was small.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,069 Kcal or 8,662 Kj	85 gr	229 gr	100 gr
77 %	24 %	16 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
109 Kcal or 456 Kj	4 gr	12 gr	5 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per mug
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
345 Kcal or 1,444 Kj	14 gr	38 gr	17 gr
13 %	4 %	3 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 6 mugs : 3.76 €
Per mug : 0.63 €

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	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon tart, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Apricot fool, Génoise (Genoa sponge), Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, ... All