Zero milk, only dark chocolate, taste and fragrance: a perfect chocolate suitable even for those who do not tolerate lactose can be done, with our advice
What's better than a steaming cup of chocolate on a cold afternoon? Who suffers from Lactose intolerance he often fears having to give up this pleasure. In reality it is not so. Lactose-free preparations are commercially available and, of course, delactosate milk can be used. But sometimes it's not enough. Not only that: the satisfaction of preparing a delicious drink from scratch without milk it is certainly greater. Let's see how to prepare a perfect lactose-free hot chocolate.
Hot chocolate with vegetable milk
The first, more logical, option is to use plant milk. Perfect that one of almond and that of coconut, dense and creamy, but even those are fine of soy and rice. They can be used both with the cocoa, than with chocolate. In the first case, 30 g of bitter cocoa, 15 g of potato starch, 40 g of cane sugar are collected in a small saucepan, a cup of vegetable milk is mixed and poured together. Put it on the heat and gently bring to a boil, stirring, then cook for 3 minutes, or until the desired density is obtained. If you choose the chocolate, this should be grated and combined with the already warm vegetable milk in a saucepan: calculate 120 g of dark chocolate 60-70% for 250 g of vegetable milk. Add 20 g of sugar and melt, stirring, then add 10 g of starch and continue mixing with a whisk, letting it thicken over the heat until it reaches the desired consistency.
Hot chocolate without lactose: let's try it with coffee
A fragrant drink can be prepared with hot, long coffee, pouring a cup over it grated chocolate (about 80 g) and stirring with a whisk to dissolve it well. Lovers of you they can follow the same procedure, but replacing the coffee with black tea or chai.
Essential with water
Finely grate 50 g of dark chocolate, collecting it in a container. Boil 250 ml of water in a small saucepan with 30 g of sugar, add a teaspoon of bitter cocoa and mix well. Pour the boiling mixture over the chocolate and leave rest for half a minute, then whisk the mixture with a whisk (or whisk). Pour into the cup and enjoy the hot chocolate. Simple and delicious.
Complete and flavor
To complete the cup, everything is allowed, except of course the classic tuft of whipped cream, unless you use vegetable cream or lactose-free cream. Go ahead a marshmallows, sugars and grains of dried fruit; or ai aromas, from chilli to the classic vanilla, from pink pepper to star anise, but also orange zest, honey and, on colder evenings, a touch of rum.
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