My wife loves super thick, European style hot chocolate. There was a little shop here that sold it in the winter, and she loved to go there any buy their hot chocolate. They are gone now, so she is sad every winter, because she can't get it anymore...until my friend Kristen, at work, gave me this recipe. Now my wife can have it any time.
On a side note, I personally can't stand this stuff... too thick, too rich (Shhhh! Don't tell anyone). BUT, if you like this type of hot chocolate, this recipe is the one for you. And a WARNING, this recipe is NOT healthy. One cup calls for a 1/4 cup of sugar, which is half the sugar we normally use for a whole pot.
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup milk
1 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Warm a 1/4 cup of milk in the microwave. Set it aside.
Place one ounce of unsweetened baking chocolate on a cutting board.
With a knife, chop it up like shown here. I guess this is more "shaving" it. Set it aside.
Boil some water in the bottom of a small pan.
Put a heat-proof bowl on top of it.
Oh wait! Before you do that, take out two tablespoons of the hot water.
In the bowl (on top of the pot of boiling water) mix the shaved chocolate, the two tablespoons of boiling water, 1/8 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 cup of sugar.
Now mix it up over the heat. The chocolate will melt and it will look like this.
Now add the warmed milk and stir it in. Reheat the mixture.
Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
Drink and enjoy.
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