Who would turn down a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy spring day? Wrapped up in your favorite blanket and leafing through a long-read book, allow yourself to relax a bit - treat yourself to the drink of gods and kings - hot chocolate.
About the chocolate bar became known only in 1847, in fact, then it was invented. However, chocolate as a hot drink has been known for a long time.
Archaeologists have found confirmation that hot chocolate, of course not in the same form as it is now, was consumed by the ancient tribes of the Aztecs and Mayans. This drink was used in rituals, it was drunk for healing, tonic purposes, and was also considered a good stimulant, an aphrodisiac, as we say today. It was made from the fruit of the cocoa tree.
The European aristocracy considered the drink bitter, so sugar, cloves, vanilla, and cinnamon were added to it. Hot chocolate was served to the king and nobles, and soon the beans became so valuable that they were used as a substitute for cash.
How to make hot chocolate at home
Today there are many recipes for how to make hot chocolate at home. We offer you our impromptu on this topic, the simplest recipe for making hot chocolate.
You will need: a chocolate bar, some milk, a grater and a cezve. You need to buy the most ordinary chocolate, I would even like to say the cheapest, but the quality of the chocolate itself plays an important role. I take chocolate "Alenka" or "Seagull". Sometimes I just buy chocolate bars by weight. Chocolate with filling and fillers will not work for you.
Chocolate needs to be rubbed on a fine grater. Next - pour a little milk into the Turk, it is necessary in fact so that the chocolate does not burn and does not stick to the bottom of the Turk. We heat the milk to 50 degrees and slowly pour the grated chocolate into the Turk, as it melts, add more. Stir the chocolate until the milk has melted all the chocolate, but do not bring it to a boil.
The recipe is very simple, in other words, hot chocolate is a melted good chocolate bar. Happy chocolate drinking!
Pour chocolate into a glass cup and you can admire the perfect chocolate color, you can decorate the drink with the rest of the milk, whipping it up to the state of foam. Hot chocolate is very sweet, put a glass of cool water next to it in advance.
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