How To Make Italian Hot Chocolate Recipe (Cioccolata Calda)

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How to make Italian hot chocolate. If you’re a chocaholic, this is the recipe for you! It’s rich, it’s chocolatey and it’s sure to satisfy your most intense chocolate cravings, Italian hot chocolate!
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This Italian hot chocolate is thick, smooth, creamy and delicious. A full mug of rich hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings is the perfect way to start or end a wintry day. If you have never tried Italian style hot chocolate AKA Cioccolata Calda, follow this easy recipe to learn how to make the best hot chocolate. In this recipe video, we'll show you how to make homemade Italian hot chocolate.

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0:00 Making the Italian hot chocolate
0:16 Heating the Italian hot chocolate
0:41 Serving the Italian hot chocolate

Ingredients for making Italian hot chocolate:
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 cup milk
1-2 tbsp sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tbsp cocoa powder
4 oz dark chocolate
Whipped cream, cocoa powder/chocolate shavings for serving

Instructions for making homemade Italian hot chocolate:
- Start by making a slurry of corn starch and milk which we’re going to use to thicken the hot chocolate later
- Once the mixture is completely smooth set it aside and place a saucepan on your stove over medium low heat
- Add 1 cup of milk, a little granulated sugar, a pinch of salt and some good quality cocoa powder to your pot and whisk until it’s combined and lightly simmering
- At this point you can add some good quality dark chocolate then turn the heat off and pour in the cornstarch slurry
- You could also add other flavouring if you like, for instance a little peppermint extract would be super tasty
- Whisk until the chocolate has fully melted and it has thickened quite a bit
- It’s going to be much thicker than your average hot chocolate and the colour should be a rich dark brown
- Serve immediately with whipped cream and chocolate shavings then prepare to go into a blissful chocolate induced coma

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