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French Hot Chocolate

French Hot Chocolate

coco and salt

I love hot chocolate and have been trying different recipes to find a rich coco flavored one. I found this great recipe from the French Cooking Academy with video that I tried and fell in love with. 

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Liter full cream
  • 100 grams dark chocolate (70% cacao) - I like Ghirardelli
  • 1 or 2 cinnamon bark sticks
  • 1 pinch of sugar
  • a few drops of vanilla essence
  • 1 TBSP pure cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch of salt

Ghiradelli Chocolate

Ghirardelli Chocolate 

Directions

  • Heat up milk on medium to high heat
  • Add cinnamon bark
  • Add vanilla extract
  • Wait until milk boils, reduce and let simmer
  • Now put heat on low and let simmer for 10 min
  • Cinnamon will diffuse the milk flavor
  • turn heat off and discard cinnamon bark
  • add 1 TBSP pf cocoa powder and stir
  • filter milk through seven and return to pan again
  • add a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt 
  • now add the chocolate pieces and stir gently until the mix is silky
  • if you leave the heat on low the cocoa will get thicker and thicker 

Let me know in the comments what you thought of this recipe.

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