Traditional Hot Chocolate

Name: Traditional Hot Chocolate
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 cups plus scant ½ cup (850 ml) whole or partially skimmed milk; 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder; 6 ½ oz. (185 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; 6 ½ oz. (185 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

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Ingredients

Traditional Hot Chocolate

3 cups plus scant ½ cup (850 ml) whole or partially skimmed milk

Drinks
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Bring the milk to the boil with the cocoa powder.

Chop the chocolate and melt it slowly in a bain-marie or in the microwave oven (on “defrost” or at 500 W maximum, stirring from time to time).

Pour one-third of the boiling cocoa-flavored milk over the melted chocolate, whisking* as you do so, until the texture