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Simple hot chocolate

April 2nd, 2010

sanju

Ingredients

85g plain excellent (or as good as you can get) chocolate, broken into pieces

1 tablespoon of caster sugar, this is more to taste, so adjust for your own palette

1 vanilla pod, split lengthways

300ml of milk

100ml whipping cream, whipped

Some more freshly grated chocolate or cocoa powder, to sprinkle on top.

2 warmed mugs

Put the chocolate pieces, sugar, vanilla pod and milk into a small, heavy bottomed saucepan. Heat gently, stirring the mixture until the chocolate is all melted in. Carefully bring to the boil, whisking constantly with a balloon whisk, until smooth and frothy. Remove the vanilla pod.

Pour into the warmed mugs, top with whipped cream and the sprinkling of freshly grated chocolate or the cocoa.

Enjoy immediately!

That is a basic yet luxurious recipe to begin with. But this ancient drink has a lot more to offer. The following chocolate recipes have been developed over hundreds of years.In fact the hot chocolate recipe of today copy’s the traditional drinks made and drunk by the Mayas: using flavourings and techniques that echo those used thousands of years ago.

The same spices and flavourings like vanilla, cornflour to thicken and then the frothing we love too, a repeat of the recipes at the court of Montezuma II.

French hot chocolate recipe

April 2nd, 2010

sanju

This chocolate drink recipe is similar to a recipe from around the 1690’s:

Ingredients:-

50g plain chocolate, finely chopped

30g caster sugar, to taste

2 large pinches of cinnamon

½ vanilla pod, split lengthways

Directions:-

Put 300 ml of water into a heavy bottomed saucepan, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat, then add the chocolate, sugar and cinnamon. Using the tip of a knife, scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and add into the saucepan mixture.

Using a balloon whisk, whisk the mixture thoroughly; when a good amount of froth has been created, pour the mixture into the warmed mugs, spooning the froth on top!