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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 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

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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 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
721 Kcal or 3,019 Kj	28 gr	117 gr	33 gr
36 %	11 %	11 %	5 %

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 2 mugs : 1.25 €
Per mug : 0.63 €

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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: Gâteau Basque , Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), Panna cotta, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Sandwich bread, ... All
	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mendiants, Chocolate eclairs, Chocolate cream, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Mousse with two chocolates, ... All
	Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), Peach and verbena feuilleté, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Pear and lime meringue pie, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear compote , Plain cake, Nantes Tourton, Invisible apple cake, Apple Strudel, ... All

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