French hot chocolate!
Ingredients
Hot chocolate
9oz 70% dark chocolate, chopped
1 ½ cup whole milk
½ cup heavy cream
1 ½ Tbsp granulated sugar
Very small pinch of salt
Vanilla Cream
2 cups cream
1-2 vanilla beans or 1 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp granulated sugar
Serve with croissants (optional)
For the Vanilla cream, In a Large bowl add, heavy cream, granulated sugar and Vanilla. Mix with a hand mixer or whisk until stiff peaks form. Add to a piping bag fitted with a star tip and set aside.
For the hot chocolate and a medium pot over medium low heat add whole milk, heavy cream and sugar. whisk well, heat until steamy hot, turn off the heat, then add the chopped chocolate and salt. whisk until the chocolate melts. Keep warm. In a small bowl pipe the whipped cream into a large mound.
Serve with the hot chocolate and croissants.
Enjoy!
