Cioccolate Calda - Italian Hot Chocolate

Porcelain with gold-finished stainless steel spoon, slipcast and hand built, gold luster, mid-range electric fired, 4 x 4 x 3.25 inches.

Recipe: Cioccolate Calda - Italian Hot Chocolate (Based on recipe from Taste of Home)

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup whole milk, divided

1 tablespoon baking cocoa 100% unsweetened

1 tablespoon cane sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

4 ounces semisweet 64% baking chocolate

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch

Optional:1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Optional: whipped cream

PROCESS:

Pour ¾ cup whole milk in a small saucepan over low/medium heat. Bring to a simmer stirring occasionally. In a small bowl, whisk together baking cocoa, sugar and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the rest of the milk (1/4 cup) and cornstarch until dissolved. Whisk mixture into the saucepan; bring to a simmer until thickened. Pour into the four cups, serve with spoons. Yields 4 demitasse size servings. Very thick and chocolaty, hence the need for demitasse spoons.