Pure, Dark, Voluptuous Hot Chocolate

Total Time: 11 mins Preparation Time: 4 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup mineral water
• 1/4 cup superfine sugar
• 3 1/2 ounces about 3/4 cup chopped dark bittersweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder, loosely packed

Recipe

• 1 in a 2- to 3 quart saucepan, stir the milk, water and sugar together.
• 2 add a little more sugar.
• 3 bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 4 whisk in the chocolate and cocoa powder.
• 5 keep whisking over the heat until the solids have dissolved and then thickened.
• 6 reduce the heat to very low.
• 7 using an immersion blender whirl at high speed for 1/2 a minute or more, until the hot chocolate is thick and foamy. (you may want to tilt the immersion blender to incorporate more air, taking care not to get ho t chocolate all over everything.) alternatively you may use a standard blender.
• 8 divide among four 6 oz cups.
• 9 drink.