Creamy Italian Hot Chocolate Recipe by Giovanna Bellia LaMarca

🍫 Italian hot chocolate is a delicious comfort food that differs from American hot chocolate in its thick, soft, and sweet consistency.

🇮🇹 Italian hot chocolate is a popular treat in Torino, Northern Italy, known for its heavenly taste and ultimate comfort.

🌡️ Italian hot chocolate is served hot, providing a warm and soothing experience.

🍫 Italian hot chocolate is a delicious and warming drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and chocolate.

🔪 A chocolate chopper can be used to chop the chocolate, but a knife works just as well.

🥛 A slurry made with milk and cornstarch is used to thicken the hot chocolate.

🍫 Thickening the Italian hot chocolate requires a well-mixed slurry to avoid lumps.

🧂 A pinch of salt is added to enhance the flavor of the sweet hot chocolate.

🥛 Pouring the slurry into the cocoa powder and mixing well creates a smooth hot chocolate drink.

🍫 To make creamy Italian hot chocolate, heat milk until it simmers, then add melted chocolate and whisk until thickened.

❄️ Italian hot chocolate is a wonderful treat that can warm your heart during the winter.

🌺 Enjoying Italian hot chocolate on a cold winter day surrounded by flowers is a delightful experience.

💡 Italian hot chocolate is rich, satisfying, and has a wonderful sweet flavor and velvety texture.

🍫 Italian hot chocolate is not as sweet as American chocolate, but it is very dark and has a lot of body.

🍵 Italian hot chocolate is thicker than the chocolate that Americans drink, making it feel like a snack rather than just a drink.