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Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate)
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Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate) is French home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Warm the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until steaming, but not boiling.
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Whisk in the cocoa powder and the sugar until fully dissolved and no lumps remain.
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Add the pinch of salt to round out the sweetness.
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Keep whisking over low heat for another minute until the hot chocolate turns smooth and slightly frothy.
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Pour into a bowl or a large mug and serve right away while hot, the classic French kids' breakfast drink.
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Serve it with
A French breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 27 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 24 g
- Sodium
- 260 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate) takes about 5 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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