Hot Chocolate Recipes for the Holidays - Page 2

by **JimWright** on Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:37 pm

jamhat wrote:The Christmas party came and went, so I thought I should report back. Unfortunately, I completely ran out of time and could not make the hot chocolate from scratch. Instead, I ended up buying pre-prepared Godiva hot chocolate, which was still very good. http://www.godiva.com/catalog/product.aspx?id=1859&SE_Section=Shop&SE_Category=28 The link is for Godiva's site, but I bought it from my neighborhood Barnes and Noble and saved 10% with my membership.

Here's how I made it with the Brugnetti:

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I love this place. I've been making a few mochas lately and wanted to try something new and dark, this sounds like just the ticket (for guys like me too lazy to hand grate chocolate anyway...

), thanks for posting...

by **darrensandford** on Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:20 am

It's not too cheap, but for something fun and luxurious, try Choc-o-lait - http://www.choc-o-lait.co.uk/main.asp - if you can get it. I get mine from hasbean.

It's a lump of chocolate on a wooden stick. You heat milk, pour it into a mug and then stir the chocolate in the milk. It melts slowly and it's great fun

by **portamento** on Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:24 am

LeoZ wrote:my recipe: (quick recipe, approx per cup)
-2tbl chocolate powder
-2tbl dark brown sugar
-dash of salt
-dash of vanilla extract
-1-2oz of boiling water
-5-6oz steamed milk
-chocolate powder or flakes

Use the boiling water to mix the chocolate powder and dark brown sugar until they liquefy and blend smoothly.
Add the dash of salt and vanilla and mix.
Pour the steamed milk over the top, garnish with flakes or powder.

Sounds phenomenal. Similarly, I create a chocolate base using hot water, cocoa, and sugar. Then pour some "latte" art into it with microfoamed milk.

And of course you can geek out over cocoa a bit... dutch processed is supposedly inferior in flavor but dissolves more readily. No one likes a gritty hot chocolate. Droste is a dutch processed that works well in my opinion.


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