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Hot chocolate

Here's something simple to cheer up cold days, or a delight to look forward to on coming home after a walk in the rain.

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Last modified on: December 19^th 2010

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 litre whole milk
2 200 g dark chocolate
3 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar
Total weight: 1,215 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	10 min.	23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Bring 1 litre whole milk to the boil in a pan over medium heat.

as soon as it boils, turn down the heat and add 200 g dark chocolate in small pieces.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Stir with a maryse or whisk until the chocolate is completely melted.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Then add 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar and stir again until melted.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Serve very hot, with finger biscuits or a slice of brioche for example.

Remarks

The recipe is only approximate, so vary it to suit your taste.

If you don't have full-cream milk, use skimmed and add 2 tablepoonsful of cream.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,731 Kcal or 7,247 Kj	54 gr	176 gr	95 gr
87 %	21 %	17 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj	4 gr	14 gr	8 gr
7 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
433 Kcal or 1,813 Kj	14 gr	44 gr	24 gr
22 %	5 %	4 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.84 €
Per person : 0.71 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian hot chocolate , Peach and verbena feuilleté, Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), ... All
	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate rice pudding, Leopard cake, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Chocolate sauce, Bounty-style tart for Alison, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Moelleux" cake batter, Yvetot Douillons, Flambéd bananas , Invisible apple cake, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, ... All

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