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Italian hot chocolate

Name: Italian hot chocolate
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2 mugs
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons water; 25 g cornflour; 500 ml whole milk; 10 g vanilla sugar; 50 g dark 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.

194 K 4.0/5 (54 reviews)8801,040

Duration

10 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 26^th 2020

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 2 mugs, you will need:

1 3 tablespoons water
2 25 g cornflour
3 500 ml whole milk
4 10 g vanilla sugar
5 50 g dark chocolate
Total weight: 630 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

10 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

Mix 3 tablespoons water with 25 g cornflour in a small bowl.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Bring 500 ml whole milk to the boil.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Turn down the heat, add 10 g vanilla sugar and 50 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

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	18 g RDI=7 %	5 g RDI=7 %	114 kcal RDI=6 %	479 kJ RDI=6 %
Per mug	14 g RDI=22 %	58 g RDI=22 %	16 g RDI=23 %	360 kcal RDI=18 %	1,509 kJ RDI=18 %
Whole recipe	28 g RDI=43 %	116 g RDI=44 %	33 g RDI=46 %	721 kcal RDI=36 %	3,019 kJ RDI=36 %

Whole recipe

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 mugs

1.30 €

Per mug

0.65 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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