#42 DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE DRINK

1. CHOCO  DRINK

Ingredients-

• Milk-500 ml
• Corn flour-2 tbsp
• Sugar-5 tbsp
• Chocolate powder-3/4 tbsp

Method-

• First in a vessel take 500 ml of milk. From that, take out 1 cup milk and keep it aside in a cup
• Then allow the remaining milk to boil. Add cornflour and chocolate powder and in the milk left aside in the cup mix properly.
• Add sugar to the boiled milk and pour in the cup of milk-cocoa powder-cornflour mixture and let it boil for about five minutes until the milk thickens a bit.
• Then allow the milk to cool and put it in the refrigerator.
• Serve this chilled.

2.SPICED HOT CHOCOLATE DRINK

Ingredients-

• Milk-150 ml
• Mixed spices(use cinnamon, clove, cardamom, star anise)
• Dark chocolate(60%)-50 gm
• Chocolate spread-1 1/2 tbsp
• Cinnamon stick-A small piece

Method-

• Take a heatproof  glass, chop the chocolate and put it in the glass. Take a spoon full of the chocolate spread and add it over the chocolate.
• Bring the milk to a simmer in a pan over medium heat. Once its warm add the apice mix to it. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Pour the milk over the spread and chocolate. Serve the spiced hot chocolate with a spoon to stir the layers together.

3.Vanilla Chocolate Milk

Ingredients-

• Milk 1½ cups
• Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon
• Dark chocolate chopped ½ cup
• Fresh cream ¼ cup
• Castor sugar (caster sugar) 1 tablespoon
• Edible colourful sprinklers as required

Method-

• Take dark chocolate in a microwave proof bowl and heat in the microwave for 45 seconds. Remove from heat and mix till it melts.
• Take fresh cream in another microwave proof bowl and heat in the microwave for 1 minute.
• Take milk in a microwave proof jar. Add castor sugar and vanilla essence and mix.
• Add hot cream to melted chocolate and mix till well incorporated. This is ganache.
• Coat the rim of individual martini glasses with chocolate ganache and dip in the edible colourful sprinklers.
• Pour some ganache in each glass and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.
• Heat the sweetened milk in the microwave for 1 minute and pour it over set ganache.
• Serve immediately.