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Hot chocolate is good for hobbits.
Proper hot chocolate: good cocoa powder, sugar, and (all optional, mix as you like) vanilla extract, orange extract, cinnamon, a pinch of salt, in good hot milk.
Proper hot chocolate: good cocoa powder, sugar, and (all optional, mix as you like) vanilla extract, orange extract, cinnamon, a pinch of salt, in good hot milk.
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Italian Hot Chocolate
From Joy of Cooking (serves 2)
Take 1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa (I suggest a good quality type - ex. Droste, not Hershey's baking cocoa), 1/3 c. sugar (I used only 1/4 cup since I like things less sweet), 1 tsp. cornstarch, and 1/2 cup water. Stir until well mixed. Water is very important - it builds 'body'.
After stirring well, turn on low heat and add another 1/2 c. water and 1 c. milk (stirring). Cook over low- medium low heat (keep stirring!) until it is the consistency you want (I like it thick). You can add 1 tsp vanilla or some other liquor. Serve with cinnamon or whipped cream. And a spoon. It is like drinking liquid chocolate, like mainlining a piece of heaven. Not for children (boing, bong!)