Card Color
#f2cbb6
Card Label
Drinks and Smoothies
Recipe Name
Brazilian Spiced Hot Chocolate
Difficulty
Easy
Total Time
00:15
Serves
6
Introduction
Brazilian Spiced Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 litres Full cream milk
- 5 Cinnamon sticks
- 8 Cloves
- 75g Caster sugar
- 125g Pure dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- 1 tsp Vanilla (optional)
- 2 Egg whites
- 110g Sugar
Method
- Step 1 Pour the milk into a saucepan, add the spices and simmer gently for 8 minutes without allowing the milk to come to a full boil.
- Step 2 Strain some of the hot milk into a Russell Hobbs Jug Blender, add the broken chocolate.
- Step 3 Start on low speed and then increase to high speed as the chocolate melts.
- Step 4 Blend thoroughly and return to the saucepan with the remaining milk and sugar.
- Step 5 Simmer whilst stirring constantly until chocolate has completely dissolved and mixture has thickened slightly.
- Step 6 Add vanilla and stir thoroughly.
- Step 7 To make the meringue, beat the egg whites using an electric beater to a stiff consistency and gradually beat in the sugar.
- Step 8 The meringue should be very stiff.
- Step 9 To serve, pour the chocolate into small cups, place a scoop of meringue on top and sprinkle with dark chocolate.