Italian hot chocolate

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 2 mugs, you will need:

• 1 3 tablespoons water
• 2 25 g cornflour
• 3 500 ml whole milk
• 4 10 g Vanilla sugar
• 5 50 g dark chocolate
• Total weight: 630 grams

Times:

Preparation
10 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Mix 3 tablespoons water with 25 g cornflour in a small bowl.
  Set aside.
• 2: Bring 500 ml whole milk to the boil.
• 3: Turn down the heat, add 10 g Vanilla sugar and 50 g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces.
• 4: Turn off the heat, tip in the cornflour and water mixture all at once while whisking. The mixture will thicken almost immediately.
• 5: Pour into mugs or bowls. Serve hot or warm.

Remarks

If you prefer something a little sweeter, increase the amount of vanilla sugar or add a little caster sugar.
If your chocolate stash has run out, you can use cocoa powder instead, but you'll definitely need to add more sugar.

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