Hot chocolate and cocoa — two types of one drink. Division between them is very conditional, simply usually hot chocolate call the hot viscous kindled beverage without milk, and cocoa — sweet and liquid with addition of milk.
Preparation of cocoa
Three ingredients — cocoa powder, sugar and milk are a part of cocoa. In certain cases, if, for example, you have an allergy to milk, it is possible to replace it with water, but it will affect taste of drink. It is possible to add some spice to cocoa to make its taste it is more interesting. Most often for these purposes use nutmeg, cinnamon, pink or black pepper and other spices. It is possible to add a little cacao butter or even a piece of chocolate to cocoa, it will make its taste more saturated. It is possible to add a yolk of quail egg to ready drink, it will help to cope with cough and a sore throat, besides will make taste of drink more gentle.
It is possible to make cocoa in any suitable pan. It is very important that in the course of preparation sugar completely managed to be dissolved therefore in certain cases drink can be taken longer on fire, it not to affect its taste in any way. According to the basic recipe for one portion it is necessary to take 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder, 250 ml of milk and sugar to taste, 2-3 teaspoons usually take. At first it is necessary to pound cocoa powder with sugar in the chosen saucepan, at this stage it is necessary to add the chosen spices, then it is necessary to pour in several spoons of hot milk and to stir properly, getting rid of lumps. When mix becomes uniform, it is necessary to add in it the rest of milk and to cook on small fire, constantly stirring slowly. Cocoa is considered ready when sugar was completely dissolved, usually for this purpose it is enough to bring mix to the boil.
Versions of recipes
If cocoa seems to you too sweet and "children's" drink, try to change the recipe. Take two tablespoons of cocoa powder for one portion and refuse sugar. The cocoa cooked on milk without addition of sweeteners differs in saturated bitterish taste to add to shokoladnost& drink, add to it a little dark chocolate, it is the best of all to grate it, then it completely will thaw in a hot beverage. To bring closer cocoa to taste and consistence to hot chocolate, on the 2nd tablespoons of cocoa powder take sugar more (up to 4 spoons). Such drink will be ideal for sweet teeth and fans of chocolate, it very high-calorie therefore it is the best of all to drink it for breakfast to load an organism with energy for all day. Similar strong cocoa isn't always pleasant to children, but to taste to most of adults.