Sunday morning hot chocolate

Hot chocolate is a lazy Sunday morning ritual for H. It’s the prelude to sometimes the only home cooked meal of the week. Its been made more special with a nifty tip from Jamie Oliver. Heating the milk till boiling, and then shaking it vigorously in a tightly capped bottle produces a lovely froth as good as any on a cappuccino without the need of expensive espresso machines. The trick is to only half fill the bottle, tightly cap it and shake it as long and as hard as you can. Its important not to fill the bottle completely or there’ll be no space for the foam to form. A mineral water bottle will do but it tends to be bent out of shape after. Keep is specially for this purpose. Hold it with a dish cloth as it gets really hot. When you uncap it, be weary of the hot steam. Its best to uncap loosely first. This is the recipe adapted from Jamie’s recipe.                                   

Hot Chocolate

Makes 1 

ingredients

2 tsp cocoa powder

2 tsp sugar

¾ mug of fresh milk 

Method

Heat milk till boiling. Microwave on high for 3 mins or in a saucepan on the stove top. Put cocoa and sugar into mug. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the hot milk into the mug and stir well. Pour the rest of the milk into a bottle, cap tightly and shake hard for 3 mins. Pour into mug and heap on the froth. Good with marshmallows on top and a sprinkling of cocoa powder.