French Hot Chocolate

Name: French Hot Chocolate
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 180 grams dark chocolate; 2 cups heavy cream; 1 cup milk; 1 vanilla bean; 1 tablespoon sugar

Serves 1

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French Hot Chocolate

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Serves 1

Directions

1Chop 180 grams of dark chocolate.
2Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise.
3Pour 2 cups of heavy cream into a mixing bowl.
4Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the cream.
5Add 1 tablespoon of sugar to the cream.
6Whisk the cream until it forms stiff peaks.
7Transfer the whipped cream to a pastry bag.
8Pour 1 cup of milk into a saucepan over medium heat.
9Add the chopped dark chocolate to the milk.
10Whisk continuously until the chocolate is fully melted and incorporated, creating a smooth hot chocolate.
11Pour the hot chocolate into a serving pitcher.
12Pipe the whipped cream on top of the hot chocolate.

Ingredients

180 grams dark chocolate
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup milk
1 vanilla bean
1 tablespoon sugar

Equipment

knifecutting boardmixing bowlwhisksaucepanstovepotpastry bag

French Hot Chocolate

Serves 1

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French Hot Chocolate

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Serves 1

Directions

1Chop 180 grams of dark chocolate.
2Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise.
3Pour 2 cups of heavy cream into a mixing bowl.
4Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the cream.
5Add 1 tablespoon of sugar to the cream.
6Whisk the cream until it forms stiff peaks.
7Transfer the whipped cream to a pastry bag.
8Pour 1 cup of milk into a saucepan over medium heat.
9Add the chopped dark chocolate to the milk.
10Whisk continuously until the chocolate is fully melted and incorporated, creating a smooth hot chocolate.
11Pour the hot chocolate into a serving pitcher.
12Pipe the whipped cream on top of the hot chocolate.