Saturday Recipe

I wasn’t going to post a recipe this weekend, but I picked this up from a friend on Facebook and bearing in mind the awful weather we have been having I though it would be ideal for us in Canada anyway.

Red Wine Hot Chocolate
Source, Robin Shreeves

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup dry red wine (I used Bonterra Cabernet Sauvignon)
• 1 1/2 tbsp organic, unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 tbsp simple syrup
• pinch Kosher salt
• 2/3 cup 1 percent organic milk (You can use any kind of milk you want. I always use 1 percent.)

Directions

1. Combine red wine and cocoa powder in a heavy bottom pan over medium heat. Stir until well combined.
2. Add simple syrup and kosher salt. Increase heat and bring to a boil while stirring.
3. Reduce heat back to medium. Add milk, a little at a time, stirring constantly.
4. Heat through, pour into a mug and serve.

My notes

• I use simple syrup instead of sugar in my hot chocolate so it doesn’t get grainy. If you’re going to use straight sugar instead of simple syrup, reduce it to two tablespoons. If it’s not sweet enough, you can add some more, but start with two tablespoons.
• It’s important to add the milk a little at a time and stir constantly. If you dump it in all at once, the milk could curdle.
• If I were going to top this with whipped cream, I’d make fresh chocolate whipped cream.
• I’m really curious what this would taste like with cinnamon simple syrup.

Have a great weekend