Drinks

Hot Chocolate – Vegan version

Name: Hot Chocolate – Vegan version
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 3 cups unsweetened soy milk; 3 tsp cocoa powder; 6 tsp sugar; Pinch salt; ½ tsp vanilla extract

unsweetened soy milk heated to just below boiling, with cocoa and sugar whisked in and sometimes bittersweet chocolate melted into it; taken off the heat when it starts to simmer gently, and served hot. In thick hot chocolate, cornstarch dissolved in cold unsweetened soy milk is cooked into it. Vegan version: Unsweetened soy milk.

⏱ 8 min

🧀 Dairy 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-free

Versions:Original 🌱 Vegan ⚖ Pareve

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Heat the unsweetened soy milk in a small saucepan over medium heat, to just below boiling.
Small saucepanStove
2
Add the cocoa, sugar and salt and whisk until there are no lumps.
Whisk
3
When the drink starts to simmer gently, remove from the heat and add the vanilla.
💡unsweetened soy milk doesn't take well to a real boil: turn off the heat when the drink starts to simmer gently, before big bubbles rise.
4
Pour into mugs and serve hot.

139calories

6 gprotein

15 gcarbs

6 gfat

● protein 18%● carbs 44%● fat 37%

Per serving (191 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Milk: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 244 g · 60 kcal per 100 g · More about Milk →
Cocoa powder: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 1.8 g · 228 kcal per 100 g · More about Cocoa powder →
Sugar: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 4.2 g · 387 kcal per 100 g · More about Sugar →
Salt: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Vanilla extract: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 4.2 g · 288 kcal per 100 g · More about Vanilla extract →

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

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🧩 Parts

Cream Filling (optional): Pastry Cream · Whipped Cream · Mascarpone Cream · Cooked Lemon Curd

⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: Sugar · salt · Bittersweet chocolate melted in the milk · Vanilla · Cinnamon · Whipped cream on top · Chili · Chocolate chips on top · Whipped cream on top · Marshmallows on top · Cinnamon stick for garnish · Cornstarch (thick hot chocolate) · Heating time with the rest of the milk (about 4 minutes, until the milk starts to bubble at the edges) · Chocolate whisked in over low heat (time) (2 minutes) · Heavy cream in the milk · Keep heating to a gentle boil (time) (3–4 minutes)
How much milk for the paste: a little
Serving dish: into mugs