Beverage Recipes
Hot Chocolate with Salted Whipped Mascarpone
Hot Chocolate with Salted Whipped Mascarpone is a quite "romantic" hot chocolate for two.
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients
Salted Whipped Mascarpone
- 3/4 cup (6 ounces) Wisconsin mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup cold heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Flaky sea salt
Hot Chocolate
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2-1 tablespoon instant coffee, to taste
- Pinch of kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2-4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or seeds from 1 vanilla bean
Instructions
Salted Whipped Mascarpone
- Add mascarpone and heavy cream to a mixing bowl. With electric mixer, beat on high speed until soft peaks form.
- Beat in honey, vanilla extract or seeds and salt until just combined.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Hot Chocolate
- In small bowl, mix together cocoa powder, sugar, instant coffee and salt.
- Heat large saucepan over medium heat. Add milk and heavy cream. Bring to simmer, stirring every few minutes.
- Sprinkle dry chocolate mixture over hot milk, turning heat down to low. Whisk continuously until smooth (do not let it boil), then whisk in chopped chocolate and vanilla extract.
- Pour hot chocolate into mugs and top with whipped mascarpone.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin