Hot chocolate

Name: Hot chocolate
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Ingredients: 75 g (2½ oz) dark chocolate, in pieces; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 vanilla pod, split; 250 ml (9 fl oz) milk; 150 ml (5 fl oz) single cream; Chocolate flakes or cocoa powder to serve; Chocolate flakes or cocoa powder to serve

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

Hot chocolate, like tea or coffee, is sacrosanct. At breakfast and bedtime, everyone has their own technique. But when you have your girlfriends round for elevenses, or your friends and their children at tea-time at the weekend (as I am doing more and more), a hot chocolate - a real one, that is — is an extra-special treat.

Ingredients

75 g (2½ oz) dark chocolate, in pieces
2 teaspoons sugar

Breakfast
Chocolate
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Place all the ingredients in the saucepan and heat gently, stirring with a hand whisk until all the chocolate has melted and the mixture is hot and frothy. Pour into cups and sprinkle with the cocoa powder or chocolate flakes.