I love the thick Hot Chocolate that they drink in Spain. I've missed it since I've returned to the US. Last time I visited Spain I noticed that the bartender was using powdered chocolate, so I noted the brand and I bought a container before I returned (to California), but try as I might, I couldn't get the chocolate to thicken. Do California cows not make the right milk?
2006-09-12 07:15:54 · 4 answers · asked by Benjamino 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Most of the answers seem to be able Mexican Hot Chocolate. I'm interested in the thick hot chocolate from Spain. (It's almost like drinking chocolate pudding.)
2006-09-14 07:42:59 · update #1
I would bet that they were using half-and-half, not milk. But also, have you seen those wooden implements they sell in Hispanic groceries specifically for hot chocolate? They have a center, um, pole (not sure what to call it) that's the handle, then 3 or 4 rings that can move freely around it. As your chocolate is heating, you put the bottom end into it, then take the top of tha handle between your palms and rotate it briskly back and forth (as if you were rubbing your hands together in malevolent glee like a cartoon villain). It takes a few minutes of doing this--maybe you can take turns with a friend--but it produces a nice froth, not quite as foamy as what you get with an espresso machine, but similar.
2006-09-12 07:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of us recognize the adaptation yet we prefer to drink the damn espresso not communicate the benefits of it. i have been to France and its ok, a touch overvalued. As for wine an same rule applies we like it to style valuable and be drinkable we leave it to the French to spend hours conversing about the wine. the difficulty that different countries do not understand is all of us recognize we are large it really is why we in basic terms get on with existence fairly of dropping time telling human beings how large we are.
2016-11-26 19:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use cream. When it is really hot it will thicken just like in Spain.
2006-09-12 07:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you use regular milk or whole milk, or did you use our chalky white version of skim/fat free?
Try using the whole milk or Half and Half and a whisk. Put in the tiniest pinch of cayenne pepper and whisk it while it's cooking.
2006-09-12 07:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by Mimi Di 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋