Thick and creamy Italian way hot chocolate! Everyone who lives out of Italy, mostly my United States friends, though this is a "pudding" and not hot chocolate...but I can guarantee you this is the best hot chocolate on Earth! Following this recipe you can taste at home a hot chocolate ("cioccolata calda") like in Italy and prepare in few minutes a true heartwarming winter delight.I suggest to use high quality cocoa powder and dark chocolate. If you want to make it in a low-fat version, you can skip dark chocolate and use low fat milk instead.
20 g(2 tbsp)dark chocolatehigh quality (from 55 to 70% cocoa)
30 g(3 tbsp)unsweetened cocoa powder
15 g(2 tbsp)cornstarchor all purpose flour
35 g(3 tbsp)sugar
250 ml(1 cup + 1 tbsp)whole milkroom temperature or slightly warm
1 pinchsalt
Garnish
Nutella
dark grated chocolate
whipped creamunsweetened
Instructions
Preparing the Serving Cups
Turn upside down your cups and dip them in Nutella until they are evenly edged.
Dip them in grated dark chocolate.
Make Hot Chocolate
Finely chop dark chocolate.
In a small saucepan, sift cocoa powder and cornstarch. Add sugar, salt and combine.
Add about 3-4 tablespoons of milk and stir well to combine.
Add slowly the rest of milk and mix until smooth and without lumps.
Cook over low-medium heat and often stir it.
When it starts to slightly thicken, add the chopped chocolate, combine and bring it to a boil.
Boil over low heat until get your desired creamy consistency.
Serve immediately into your serving cups and garnish with whipped cream.
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Notes
I suggest you to use unsweetened whipped cream to exalt the chocolate flavor, this hot chocolate is enough sweetness.You can't store hot chocolate leftovers because it becomes liquid, so serve it immediately and enjoy it!