Saturday night in the Scrapunzel household is Film Night. The Man, Teen-Boy and yours truly take it in turns to pick a movie, with which we enjoy popcorn and (real) hot chocolate, the recipe for which I will now share with you. Sometimes the film is a winner, sometimes not (I’ve picked some proper turkeys, I can tell you) but the hot choc is always a ‘Win’ (that’s Teen-Boy speak for very, very good).
This is a bastardised version of the recipe for hot chocolate and rum in a Nigella book. I used to follow the recipe but then one day I just didn’t have honey and wondered if golden syrup would do.* It does. Oh, it really, really does. In fact, I prefer this version.
- 500ml milk
- 300ml water
- 150g plain chocolate
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons golden syrup
- cinnamon
Place milk, water, chocolate and cinnamon in large saucepan. Add the sugar and golden syrup. Whisk. Let it almost boil and simmer for several minutes, whisking continuously. Pour into cups and serve.
If you have less of a sweet tooth (which wouldn’t be difficult) adjust the sugar and syrup quantities. I also water down the milk – for one thing, I find milk mostly indigestible and for another, I’m a bit icky about the skin that forms on any milky drink. Oh, I also omit the rum that Nigella recommends. The Man and rum don’t mix. He’d make a lousy pirate. (I’ve no idea if I’d be a good pirate or not but I’d be willing to give it a good go and, since The Man has one less tattoo than me, I think I’m already off to a flying start. In fact, I might begin wearing an eye-patch just for fun.)
As for the turkeys… I won’t name and shame the picker. (But they were mostly me.)
*That’s mostly how I cook, by the way – subbing one ingredient for another or altering quantities if I don’t have enough of something – and I assume other people do, too. It always surprises me when someone rejects a recipe because they don’t have any oregano or something.
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