How To Make The Perfect Hot Chocolate

Then take away the instant chocolate powders from the store and get ready to learn the real art of making amazing hot chocolate!

Have you decided to treat yourself and your family to the perfect hot chocolate? Then take away the instant chocolate powders from the store and get ready to learn the real art of making amazing hot chocolate! We ate a dog on this and are ready to share with you the main secrets.

We select chocolate

 

The main thing in making hot chocolate is to choose a quality chocolate that also suits your taste. It is ideal to make hot chocolate from a bar with at least 70% cocoa, but in this case, the drink will turn out to be slightly bitter and may not be to everyone's taste.

Alternatively, you can sweeten it with sugar. If you are a sweet lover, replace some of the dark chocolate with milk, we recommend trying a combination of 70% dark and 30% milk chocolate. For children, the amount of milk chocolate should be increased to 50%.

Dairy base

 

They say that the lightest and lowest calorie option for hot chocolate is a drink made with water. And this is true, but such chocolate loses in taste to the classic one with cream. At the same time, hot chocolate made exclusively on the basis of heavy cream will be too high in calories and fat, and this is already a threat to a beautiful figure.

Try using ¼ whipped cream and ¾ milk as a base for a smooth, glossy drink with a slight creamy taste. It is ideal to keep warm, but not to gain extra grams.

Zest

 

Classic hot chocolate is good, but a flavored drink is even better. Try popular combinations of chocolate with vanilla and cinnamon, the drink will become sweeter and more aromatic. A pinch of nutmeg, ground ginger and cayenne pepper will help to make the drink spicy, and mint or cognac essence will win the heart of even a sophisticated gourmet. And do not forget to add a pinch of salt in any case, it will emphasize the taste and sweetness of the drink.

Making it thicker

 

The hot chocolate is already cooling down, and everything seemed to work out fine, but I would like the drink to be thicker. Ordinary potato starch in combination with powdered milk will help to do this, just such a mixture should be added to a sweet drink bubbling on the stove. During the cooking process, the hot chocolate will thicken and almost turn into a real dessert. The main thing here is not to miscalculate with the proportion, it is ideal to take a teaspoon of starch for 2.5 cups of milk mixture.

Decorating!

 

Marshmallows, mint leaves, cinnamon sticks, and even dried orange slices or star anise... let's get it all done! Or stick with the classics of whipped cream and a scoop of ice cream. The choice is yours.

Bonus:

Prepare 1 serving of hot chocolate: heat 70 ml of milk over low heat and mix with chocolate until it dissolves (35 g of dark and 15 g of milk chocolate). To the resulting mixture, add 150 ml of milk and 30 ml of heavy cream. Add cinnamon, vanilla, essence, alcohol or other additives to taste, stir. Warm up. Add ½ teaspoon of starch (it can be mixed with a tablespoon of powdered milk) and heat the mass until it thickens. Do not bring to a boil. Pour hot chocolate into a cup and decorate!