Have you ever thought about using only water to make a hot chocolate? It is good both starting from the powder preparation, which you can make yourself, and starting from chocolate
The first warm spring sun finally peeps out, but despite the good weather it's always the right time for a good one hot chocolate.
But how do you do it if there is no milk?
Light hot chocolate
There hot chocolate powder it is generally prepared with hot milk, but it can happen that you have a sudden urge in the late evening and you cannot find milk in the refrigerator. What do we do, do we give up? Never.
By replacing the milk with hot water the result will be more or less the same, only lighter and less sweet.
The secret is add the water flush in the saucepan where the cocoa powder is heated mixed with very little water.
Obviously the powder must be sieved first to eliminate lumps and it is important to mix with a small whisk by hand rather than with a spoon. The quantity of water depends a lot on the cooking, therefore pour it little by little until you reach the desired consistency.
Chocolate and water
If you don't even have the mix of cocoa and sugar to prepare hot chocolate simply use some chocolateindeed you will find that the result will be even more delicious.
There are two things to keep in mind: it is not a light recipe because the quantity of chocolate to be used is important and the chocolate must be of excellent quality because it is the main ingredient, not to mention unique.
Basically enough dissolve it in a water bath and add very little water, since as we said the milk is missing.
If you are thinking that it is practically melted chocolate, you understand correctly.
The best hot chocolate is made like this, lots of chocolate, few liquids.
Vegetable alternatives to milk
If you don't have cow's milk and you don't want to use water, but in the pantry you have a pack of by chance vegetable milk use it.
But there is a consideration to make: if you do not use cow's milk for intolerance reasons, pay attention to the cocoa powders on the market because they often contain traces of lactose.
If you want to use cow's milk, choose one that is slightly sweet and quite full-bodied like that of almond or coconut which also have flavors that go very well with chocolate.
And the cream?
If you don't have fresh whipping cream, but by chance you have some coconut milk use this vegetable alternative in a can.
The problem, however, is that we have to work in advance because the coconut milk would go stored in the refrigerator overnight before being whipped as cream.
Coconut cream and milk-free dark chocolate are the end of the world together!
Mix for homemade hot chocolate
You know you can prepare a mix for hot chocolate at home too? Get 35 g of bitter cocoa, 25 g of granulated sugar, 50 g of brown sugar, 45 g of potato starch and 70 g of chocolate chips.
Just mix the ingredients in a jar and whenever you feel like hot chocolate, take two tablespoons and melt everything in a saucepan with about 150 ml of water or milk.
Ciobar cake
We leave you with one curious recipe and very easy to prepare, mix based for hot and milk-free chocolate.
Ciobar Cake is an idea for breakfast and snack of the whole family. We have thought of enriching it with dark chocolate chips, but you can also use the White chocolate or you can stuff the cake with hazelnut spread cream or jam and with the same dough you can make gods muffin.
Ingredients
280 g 00 flour
25 g Ciobar
200 g sugar
320 ml water
80 g seed oil
1 sachet of yeast
Chocolate chips
Method
To prepare this cake, immediately put chocolate chips in the freezer so that they will not sink during cooking.
Then mix all the dry ingredients and then add the liquid ones.
Use a hand whisk to remove any lumps.
At the end, add the chocolate chips and pour everything into a greased and floured cake or plum cake mold or lined with parchment paper.
Bake in a fan oven at 180 ° for about 35 minutes.
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