Best Classic Spanish Hot Chocolate Drink Recipes

CLASSIC SPANISH HOT CHOCOLATE DRINK

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This is so simple but astonishingly delicious. It is just chocolate and milk. The secret to making a creamy, rich, frothy chocolate drink is all in the technique. You just heat it, whisk it, heat it, whisk it etc until it's the thickness you want. And it can get VERY thick. In Spain, this is often breakfast, along with churros. Traditionally, a wooden hand mill called a molinillo was used to whisk it, but a wire whisk or hand held electic whisk works just as well.

Provided by Jangomango

Categories Spanish

Time 8m

Yield 2-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 cups milk
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate (not unsweetened or ordinary chocolate)
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee powder (optional)
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
2 slices orange rind or 2 slices mandarin orange rind, 1 inch strips (optional)

Steps:

Combine all ingredients in a heavy medium saucepan.
Stir over low heat until chocolate melts.
Increase heat and bring just to boil, stirring often.
Remove from heat and whisk until frothy.
Return to heat and bring just to boil again.
Remove from heat and whisk until frothy.
Repeat until it is nice and thick.
Pour hot chocolate into mugs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 156.2, Fat 8.9, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 34.2, Sodium 119.6, Carbohydrate 11.3, Protein 8

SPANISH HOT CHOCOLATE

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Categories Milk/Cream Hot Drink Non-Alcoholic Chocolate Fall Winter Gourmet Drink

Yield Serves 1

Number Of Ingredients 2

Ingredients

1 cup milk
2 1/2 oz chocolate a la taza (70 g, preferably Valor in bar form*), or 2 oz bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), broken into pieces, plus 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

Steps:

Bring milk with chocolate a la taza just to a boil in a 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, whisking until chocolate is melted, then simmer mixture, whisking, 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes to thicken.
*Available at Tienda (888-472-1022).

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