Luscious Chocolate is always popular!
Welcome to the colorful world of chocolate. Drinking or sipping hot chocolate is the Next Big Thing for coffee, elegant buffet and catering. The reason? Chocolate is a food cozy comfort that makes us feel like they are floating on air. A cup of thick chocolate drink has real experience in itself.
If you are considering the mix of hot cocoa are accustomed to - think again. Drinking chocolates are truevery different. Cocoa mixes are made with cocoa powder, sugar and milk powder. The gourmet cocoa powder mixed do not count as real chocolate. True drinking chocolates are made with real dark chocolate with 50% chocolate solids.
To have a truly elegant party or the family together, you can spice aromas and for setting and allow guests to create their own personal mix. A chocolate fountain is another way to add a special treatment for yourMounting.
Recipe for Chocolate Luscious
Ingredients
2 1 / 4 cups whole milk
1 / 4 cup water
1 / 4 cup superfine sugar abundant Baker
1 3.5 ounce bar of dark chocolate, at least 70% cacao, finely chop
1 / 4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder loosely packed.
Directions
Combine milk, water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture reaches a rolling. Add the chopped chocolate and cocoa powder. Whisk these ingredientsBoil a mixture of milk e.
Mixture thickens. Reduce the heat to low, very low.
Blend for 5 minutes with an immersion blender or in a regular blender 1 / 2 minute or until chocolate is thick and beat until stiff.
Notes for the best cup of hot chocolate
Use good chocolate you eat too happy. The best hot chocolate contains about 70 percent cocoa.
Types of chocolate:
Colombiana SA is known for its berries andSpices
Ecuador to the suggestion of licorice Ground
Venezuela is intense, fruity
Try chocolate, smooth, not grainy and has a very long aftertaste
Using chef's knife, cut the bread or serrated knife on a chocolate bar into slices.
Use whole milk, as it softens the intensity of earthy chocolate. If your cup of bitter chocolate and too strong, add milk and stir in cream or half and half, to soften the taste.
Drinking chocolate with a whiskMixer or blender a cup full of frothy hot chocolate.
Make hot chocolate in front and in the fridge if you want the flavors to blend and develop. Gently heat before serving and whisk or use a blender to froth.
Add flavors of chocolate for Variety
For a change in your chocolate, use the syrup using the same coffee for the coffee flavor. These are readily available in flavors such as hazelnut, cinnamon or amaretto. Theironly need about a tablespoon per cup of hot chocolate. Chocolate absorbs odors and flavors, so that only a small amount is needed.
Try spices like cinnamon, cayenne pepper or ancho chili pepper or a pinch of salt and drops of vanilla.
For variety, a pinch of grated orange zest before serving
Serve in tiny glasses for an elegant finish to any meal.
Add Elegance with a chocolate fountain or chocolate shot machine
Serving for your next gatheringDrinking chocolate as a dessert or appetizer with a splash of chocolate or a chocolate fountain machine. Enter flavored syrups so that guests can choose for themselves. Also liqueurs like amaretto hot chocolate cups can be added. Type of coffee and so do the guests a steaming cup of Irish coffee with chocolate.
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