Hot chocolate like nothing you have ever tasted.
In a sauce pan pour four cups of fresh whole milk.
Add a drop of pure vanilla,
and 200 grams of dark baking chocolate
sugar to taste.
Cook on low heat, let it cook slowly, stir occassionally.
After about fifteen minutes or twenty the chocolate will start to thicken, do not boil.
Pour it into two large chocolate bowls when the chocolate is as thick as you like it.
Add a dollop of cream to the top.
Oh, I do love hot chocolate! This sounds wonderful.
I remember being in the Marseilles airport a couple of years ago waiting for a flight to Madrid. I ordered a hot chocolate at the counter and was delighted to see the girl pour real milk into a cup, heat it and add chocolate. None of this faux powdery stuff like we get in North America.
Lorrie
Posted by: Lorrie | 28 February 2009 at 08:03 PM
Hubby and I make this! We put a saucepan on our woodstove (which has been burning wood all winter in this cold weather)... we wait until it's ready and voila! The yummiest hot chocolate! =) BUT... we've never added vanilla... even yummier!!!!
Posted by: beachy | 28 February 2009 at 08:10 PM
OMG...that sounds like heaven!
Posted by: Caffienated Cowgirl | 28 February 2009 at 09:08 PM
I will definitely try this decadent treat! Thanks Corey. :-)
Posted by: Hasmade Designs | 28 February 2009 at 09:41 PM
That sounds delicious! Next time I'm in the mood for some chocolate I'll give it a try! xo
Posted by: Lynda | 28 February 2009 at 09:59 PM
wow - i missed that thanks - goats or soya milk for me - dairy intolerant. Sure it will still be divine, Thank you Jx
Posted by: Julie Ann | 28 February 2009 at 10:14 PM
Whole milk! What lovely words. This sounds so good!
Posted by: Alina | 28 February 2009 at 10:50 PM
This is hot chocolate goodness - not the kind made with some type of powdery mixture. I do love a good marshmallow floating on top, the homemade kind. Once I made some homemade marshmallows to top off some hot chocolate I brought to work for "Warm and Cozy Day". One of my co-worker was astonished. "You can MAKE marshmallows???" she asked. "Yes, if they can make them in a factory you can certainly make them at home" I answered. Thanks for warming up my very cold day here on the northern Illinois prairie.
- Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife
Posted by: Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife | 28 February 2009 at 10:56 PM
Yum, this sounds so tasty! Love your photo. :)
Posted by: Sara | 28 February 2009 at 11:51 PM
I sounds luscious.
Posted by: Jojo | 01 March 2009 at 12:30 AM
Oh Corey that sounds so yummy....
Alison
Posted by: Alison Gibbs | 01 March 2009 at 01:20 AM
Six months to go before my wedding and you tempt me with this?! I'll be back to this recipe in the fall.
Posted by: Deirdre | 01 March 2009 at 03:02 AM
I'm so glad you posted the instructions on how to restore a photo from the negative. I have some slides and my mother has a box of glass negatives. I've always thought that I would have to invest in a scanner that was equipped with a light on top and bottom to be able to capture the image. I never thought of simply taking a picture by holding the negative up to the light! I will try it right away!
Love your pictures!!!
Posted by: Stephanie | 01 March 2009 at 03:47 AM
That is MY kind of real hot chocolate!!
Posted by: Jennifer | 01 March 2009 at 05:17 AM
i will enjoy you all enjoying your chocolate...
sadly, i have an allergy to cocoa that makes it no fun for me if i eat any dark chocolate. the real kicker? i adore chocolate. i can stick to milk chocolate and be safe, but still not too much.
Posted by: shannon in oregon | 01 March 2009 at 08:17 AM
Sounds like heaven. I may have to go to the grocery store today for the ingredients. I need a pick me up and this might just do the trick.
Posted by: JulieKP | 01 March 2009 at 01:55 PM