The Chocolate Kitchen – Page 2 – White River Kitchens

Relax and Enjoy a warming hot chocolate with this homemade hot chocolate recipe with real chocolate. There's nothing quite like wrapping your hands around a mug of hot chocolate and sitting by the fire (even if these days your fire is cracking away on the TV screen) during those cold winter months. Often topped with cream or chocolate it makes a delicious treat. Perhaps you are reading, crocheting or listening to music, just relaxing whatever the occasion chocolate is welcoming. Also, this makes a great treat for the children when they have been outside playing. A Warming Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe with Real Chocolate Below is a delicious traditional creamy chocolate UK recipe like granny would have made. There is also a US video example of how to make a similar recipe that is so thick your spoon stands up in it. This is a rich delicious recipe like your great grandma might have made. Similar to the 19th-century hot chocolate yet suitable for the modern home. All these recipes are from scratch so take a bit longer than the powdered variety. A Traditional Creamy Hot Chocolate Recipe A traditional warming homemade hot chocolate recipe with real chocolate 50 g of Chocolate (1.75oz) 70% cocoa solids (finely grated)140 g of sifted plain flour1 litre (1.75) pint of boiling milk1 litre (1.75 pint of boiling water108 g of granulated sugar1/2 tsp a teaspoonful of saltWhipped Cream (Optional) Mix together the sifted flour, granulated sugar and saltPut into a saucepan 65g of Chocolate (baking choc , finely gratedAdd one litre (1.75 pintof boiling water, stir until dissolved, add the flour, sugar and salt,boil gently, stir constantly for five and gently simmerstir your hot chocolate mixture constantly for five minutes. Then stir in one litre (1.75 pintof boiling milk, and serve with or without whippedThis creamy hot chocolate is ready to use and can be served with or without whipped cream. Hot Chocolate You Eat With a Spoon Video (a US measurements and also converted to UK measurements) I chose this video recipe as an example because although it is made with cocoa powder it can also be real chocolate cocoa powder, it is also made with flour and you can see how thick and creamy it comes out. I have converted the US ingredients to UK ones for your convenience. Otherwise please just follow the recipe from the video. UK Ingredients 46.88g (1.65oz) cocoa 46.67g (1.65oz) flour 150g (5.29oz) granulated sugar 562ml (19.78fl) milk US Ingredients 3/8 coco 1/3 flour 2/3 granulated sugar 2.5 cups milk Making a homemade hot chocolate recipe with real chocolate takes more time and effort than using a shop bought ready made hot chocolate but it is well worth the time and effort to get a rich and creamy tasty hot chocolate.