Hot chocolate

[mutt k]

The drink, not the group!

It must be the snow, because I quite fancy some this morning. Anyone got any recommendations or a recipe? The instant stuff that you make with boiling water is disgusting, and Starbucks etc is not much better.

[Plotloss]

Waitrose sell little chocolate ball things that dissolve in hot milk.

There is no better, cant remember the name.

Whipped cream and a flake on top.

Ideal!

[Incorrigible]

The secret is decent cocoa powder

I think there's a recipe on the back of most cocoa tins

I like to put in a bit of cream, and kaluha or brandy depending on the mood

[diddyman]

Green & Black organic choccie powder

[Widget]

Was just about to recommend the same...
Hot chocolate is always better made with full fat milk.



Well... it could be hot choccie with cream on top.

[chim_knee]

Add a dash (or generous measure!) of Drambuie too...

[Raify]

The next time you go to Spain, buy Cola Cao.

It is the best Hot Chocolate on the planet.

[Lois]

I've had that recently!
I'm on asda's low callorie one!!

[imccar]

diddyman said:

Green & Black organic choccie powder

Absolutely.... wouldn't let any other chocolate pass my lips!

[cinque]

Charbonnel & Walker.......like a crumbled up crumbly flake. Mix with whole milk b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

[ErnestM]

chim_knee said:

Add a dash (or generous measure!) of Drambuie too...

Amaretto and Bailys also add to the flavour...

Best Hot Chocolate:

1.5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1 cup of whole full fat milk
dash of vanilla

Chop up your chocolate.

Pour the milk into a saucepan, and heat gently over medium heat until the milk is steaming and beginning to bubble ever so slightly. Remove it from the heat before it comes to a full boil, and stir in the chocolate. Return it to the stove. Over low heat, whisk well until the chocolate's all melted. Stir in the vanilla extract, ladle or pour into a mug, add amaretto and/or baileys and enjoy.


ErnestM

[pesty]

In my dim and distant memory I seeem to recal having some in Spain that tated just like er well melted chocolate.
Not like flavoured water you get over here. Anyone know how the Spanish make it?

[Raify]

That's different to Cola Cao. It's the thick sweet stuff you have with Churros to dip into, fantastic for a hangover.

Sorry, not sure how you make it but you can buy it over there.

[Widget]

I went to a cosy little bar across the river from Notre Dame once... They served hot chocolate out of two jugs: one with hot milk, the other with molten chocolate.....

[pesty]

mmm so if I melt a bar of cadburies and oor it into hot milk will that work? other than putting on 1/2 a stone will it taste ok

[mutt k]

diddyman said:

Green & Black organic choccie powder

Just been out and got a jar. Good call. Excellent stuff. All it needs now is some whipped cream on top for that up a mountain apres ski feeling. Shame all the snow outside here has melted!

[mxdi]

I'm very new to the Hot Chocolate scene, never used to like it so I am making up for lost time. I love Cadburys choccy break made with milk and with foamed milk on top.

next i'll move onto proper chocolate

[Widget]

pesty said:

mmm so if I melt a bar of cadburies and oor it into hot milk will that work? other than putting on 1/2 a stone will it taste ok

Oooh yeah! Better if you splash out on a good quality dark chocolate, like the 86% cocoa one from Lindt. You should only need a couple of ounces per mug. Chuck in a slug of brandy too... Yummy!

[Widget]

pesty said:

mmm so if I melt a bar of cadburies and oor it into hot milk will that work? other than putting on 1/2 a stone will it taste ok

Oooh yeah! Better if you splash out on a good quality dark chocolate, like the 86% cocoa one from Lindt. You should only need a couple of ounces per mug. Chuck in a slug of brandy too... Yummy!

[Widget]

pesty said:

mmm so if I melt a bar of cadburies and oor it into hot milk will that work? other than putting on 1/2 a stone will it taste ok

Oooh yeah! Better if you splash out on a good quality dark chocolate, like the 86% cocoa one from Lindt. You should only need a couple of ounces per mug. Chuck in a slug of brandy too... Yummy!