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Dark Hot Chocolate

Real hot chocolate from melted 70% chocolate and cocoa, barely sweetened.

10 min

2 servings

Difficulty 2/5

Drink · Dessert

Prep 3 min · Cook 7 min

Chocolate and cocoa together, which is what separates this from a cocoa drink: the cocoa carries the taste, the melted chocolate carries the body. One teaspoon of sugar is all it takes.

Per serving

291

kcal / serving

Protein 9 gCarbs 25 gFat 18 g

Ingredients

Written for 2 servings. Change the servings to rescale every amount.

  • Whole Milk 3.5%

    400 milliliters

  • Dark Chocolate 70%

    50 grams

  • Cocoa Powder

    1 tablespoon (5 grams)

  • White Sugar

    1 teaspoon (4 grams)

  • Cinnamon, ground

    1 pinch

  • Salt

    1 pinch

Steps

  1. Chop the chocolate small. A whole square dropped into the pot sinks and scorches on the bottom before it melts.

    3 min

  2. Whisk the cocoa, the sugar and the salt with three tablespoons of the cold milk into a smooth paste. Cocoa tipped into hot milk floats in lumps and never wets through.

    2 min

  3. Heat the rest of the milk until it steams, whisk the paste in, then take the pot off the heat and whisk the chopped chocolate in until it is glossy.

    4 min

  4. Add the cinnamon and pour it into two mugs.

    1 min

Serving suggestion

Small mugs. It is thick, and 225 ml is a full portion.

Storage

Drink it fresh. Reheated, the chocolate separates and leaves a film on top.

Notes

The pinch of salt is not optional — without it 70% chocolate tastes flat and chalky in milk.

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