i try a new hot chocolate recipe every winter.
honestly, my choices keep getting more and more decadent with each twirl around the sun.
this year i made a chocolat chaud that is by far the most creamy, rich, and robust that i have ever tasted...
the recipe is from the great book of chocolate by david lebovitz. it orginated from wittamer, one of the best chocolate shops in brussels. it is a beautifully simple blend of whole milk, semisweet and milk chocolate, cinnamon, and just a pinch of salt.
the result is a very, very rich drinking chocolate. i only made half of the recipe and it was absolutely too much. i definitely recommend serving it in espresso cups or something smaller than the hearty coffee mug pictured above.
i added my own homemade whipped cream to the top. heavy cream, vanilla extract, and a tiny pinch of sugar were all frothed into fluffiness by my beloved mixin' vixen. the creamy clouds were delicious and helped balance the intensity of the chocolate.
p.s. take a look at the calendar of flavors for the twenty eleven hot chocolate festival in new york. dreamy!
honestly, my choices keep getting more and more decadent with each twirl around the sun.
this year i made a chocolat chaud that is by far the most creamy, rich, and robust that i have ever tasted...
{belgian hot chocolate + vanilla whipped cream}
the recipe is from the great book of chocolate by david lebovitz. it orginated from wittamer, one of the best chocolate shops in brussels. it is a beautifully simple blend of whole milk, semisweet and milk chocolate, cinnamon, and just a pinch of salt.
the result is a very, very rich drinking chocolate. i only made half of the recipe and it was absolutely too much. i definitely recommend serving it in espresso cups or something smaller than the hearty coffee mug pictured above.
i added my own homemade whipped cream to the top. heavy cream, vanilla extract, and a tiny pinch of sugar were all frothed into fluffiness by my beloved mixin' vixen. the creamy clouds were delicious and helped balance the intensity of the chocolate.
p.s. take a look at the calendar of flavors for the twenty eleven hot chocolate festival in new york. dreamy!
2 comments:
Ooo how wonderful, great pic, I want one! An obvious benefit of winter which I had forgotten about:~))
I don't even really have to words to describe how delicious that hot choc looks.
YUM.
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