If you decide to stay at home to mark the New Year, settle in with a big steaming mug of this indulgent homemade hot chocolate. I loved making hot chocolate as a kid but I never knew you could actually make your own Hot Chocolate Mix.
All you do is place a large sieve over a bowl and sieve together all of the ingredients. Now, the better the ingredients you use, the better the result you get out. Use a good quality unsweetened cocoa powder. The better the cocoa, the richer your hot chocolate.
Ingredients
Cocoa powder ½ cup
Sugar ¼ cup
A pinch of salt
Dark chocolate 4 oz (115g), broken into small pieces
Method
1. Add all ingredients to a food processor. Process until the mixture resembles a coarse powder and store in an airtight jar.
2. To make hot chocolate: heat one cup of milk in a saucepan until it is very hot; do not boil.
3. Add one to two tablespoons of the hot chocolate mix and whisk until smooth.
4. Taste and add more sugar, if needed.
We should drink milk every day to give our bones the calcium that makes them strong. Day after day we’re reminded of the many benefits of milk. Milk is a pre-eminent source of calcium and helps prevent osteoporosis, especially if one is in the habit of drinking milk since early life; and it is the ideal way of getting the vitamins, minerals, trace elements and essential fatty acids we need to avoid nutritional deficiency. We all need milk, irrespective of our age. Since most of us don’t like to drink milk so today I have some delicious recipes for milk drinks which you can easily make and will love to drink.
Ingredients
2 glasses milk
4 tbsp chocolate, chopped
2 tbsp cream (optional)
Sugar to taste
Method
1. Melt three tablespoons of chocolate in a pan.
2. Turn off the stove, add milk and sugar and mix well.
3. Pour in the glasses.
4. Top with cream and then garnish with the remaining chocolate.
5. Delicious chocolate milk is ready for drinking.
Note: If you want to drink it cold you can add some crushed ice before adding the cream.
Ingredients
400g Chocolate cake sponge, broken to pieces
100g Semi-sweet chocolate, melted
3 tbsp Whole milk (approximate)
80g Semi-sweet chocolate, melted
Dragees to decorate
Method
In a mixer with K-beater, mix the chocolate sponge well. Make sure they are broken into pieces.
Add the whole milk to blend. They should somehow come together, but not completely.
Add in the melted chocolate.
Mix thoroughly until they come together. If they don't, add more milk or chocolate if needed.
Then divide out the chocolate mixture, and roll them into balls.
Refrigerate until ready to decorate.
To decorate:
Pipe some chocolate on the chocolate balls.
Decorate with coloured dragess as desired.
Serve it cool!
