Comments on: Hot Chocolate Revisited http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/ Kieran Murphy's blog - all about making, eating, pondering about and enjoying sweet things by a chocoholic Irish ice cream man (Murphys Ice Cream) living in Dingle, Ireland. (Please ask if you wish to use text or images. Copyright (c) Kieran Murphy 2007) Fri, 17 May 2013 11:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Kieran Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:15:08 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-75 That's it, except it's a double recipe from what he gives. I'm impressed by how much you like your chocolate! That’s it, except it’s a double recipe from what he gives. I’m impressed by how much you like your chocolate!

]]> By: Caroline@Bibliocook http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Caroline@Bibliocook Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:27:14 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-74 That's funny! I've just spent the morning looking all over the computer and here's the version that I tried out: Caramelized Cinnamon Hot Chocolate 4 1/2 cups whole milk 1/2 cup water 2 cinnamon sticks 2/3 cup sugar 8oz dark chocolate. Bring milk and water to the boil. Set aside. Put the cinnamon sticks and sugar in a heavy-based saucepan and cook until it turns amber. When the desired colour is achieved, add the warm milk and water. The mixture will seize for a moment but stir it and continue heating until it is smooth. Remove cinnamon sticks. Add the chocolate to the caramel mixture. Whisk until melted. Does it match up with the recipe in the book, Kieran? That’s funny! I’ve just spent the morning looking all over the computer and here’s the version that I tried out:

Caramelized Cinnamon Hot Chocolate
4 1/2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup water
2 cinnamon sticks
2/3 cup sugar
8oz dark chocolate.

Bring milk and water to the boil. Set aside. Put the cinnamon sticks and sugar in a heavy-based saucepan and cook until it turns amber. When the desired colour is achieved, add the warm milk and water. The mixture will seize for a moment but stir it and continue heating until it is smooth. Remove cinnamon sticks. Add the chocolate to the caramel mixture. Whisk until melted.

Does it match up with the recipe in the book, Kieran?

]]> By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Kieran Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:25:59 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-72 I found the recipe. It was in the book after all, just a few pages along... I found the recipe.

It was in the book after all, just a few pages along…

]]> By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Kieran Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:31:00 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-69 Please pass it on if you do. I would love to try it. I'm glad the recipe worked out! Please pass it on if you do. I would love to try it.

I’m glad the recipe worked out!

]]> By: Caroline@Bibliocook http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Caroline@Bibliocook Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:57:16 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-68 That Pierre Hermé hot chocolate recipe sounds completely different to the one that I've tried out. I'll have to see if I can dig out the original one that I tried - I think it was a Caramelized Cinnamon Hot Chocolate and it definitely had milk in it. What's the point in hot chocolate without milk! I've also tried your version, Kieran (albeit with the addition of a cinnamon stick at an early stage), with great success. Someday I might even make it to your café to taste the original! That Pierre Hermé hot chocolate recipe sounds completely different to the one that I’ve tried out. I’ll have to see if I can dig out the original one that I tried – I think it was a Caramelized Cinnamon Hot Chocolate and it definitely had milk in it. What’s the point in hot chocolate without milk! I’ve also tried your version, Kieran (albeit with the addition of a cinnamon stick at an early stage), with great success. Someday I might even make it to your café to taste the original!

]]> By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Kieran Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:47:07 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-65 Yeah? I suppose it depends on the cocoa and the chocolate. Cocoa is lighter and less rich since it doesn't have the cocoa butter (i.e. fat) of chocolate. We have both in our shops, and I like them both depending on my mood. We use Ghiradelli cocoa and call it "Gentle" and also the chocolate as in the recipe I gave and call it "Bittersweet"... Yeah? I suppose it depends on the cocoa and the chocolate. Cocoa is lighter and less rich since it doesn’t have the cocoa butter (i.e. fat) of chocolate. We have both in our shops, and I like them both depending on my mood. We use Ghiradelli cocoa and call it “Gentle” and also the chocolate as in the recipe I gave and call it “Bittersweet”…

]]> By: Simon McGarr http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Simon McGarr Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:26:33 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/04/13/hot-chocolate-revisited/#comment-64 If it was ever on a Cafe menu, I would always order a cup of cocoa over a cup of hot chocolate. If it was ever on a Cafe menu, I would always order a cup of cocoa over a cup of hot chocolate.

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