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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.

151K 4.0/5 based on 51 reviews

Last modified on: April 26^th 2020

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For 4 mugs, you will need:

1 6 tablespoons water
2 48.5 ml cornflour
3 1 litre whole milk
4 20 ml Vanilla sugar
5 125 ml dark chocolate

Change these quantities to make: 1 mug 2 mugs 4 mugs 6 mugs

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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 6 tablespoons water with 48.5 ml cornflour in a small bowl.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Bring 1 litre whole milk to the boil.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Turn down the heat, add 20 ml Vanilla sugar and 125 ml 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
1,442 Kcal or 6,037 Kj	57 gr	233 gr	67 gr
72 %	22 %	22 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
114 Kcal or 477 Kj	4 gr	19 gr	5 gr
6 %	2 %	2 %	1 %

Per mug
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
361 Kcal or 1,511 Kj	14 gr	58 gr	17 gr
18 %	5 %	6 %	3 %

% 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 mugs : 2.51 €
Per mug : 0.63 €

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