By the end of our 2 week Christmas trip, we’d tasted Cioccolata Calda everywhere we ate, for research of course -) It wasn’t until my husband and I finally visited Italy in winter that we tasted Cioccolata Calda at the Christmas market in Bolzano ( Mercatini di Natale) and our world was changed forever! Then we had it again when we moved down to Bologna and again in Florence. Maybe you were lucky and had someone in your family who made the homemade kind? The container of Swiss Miss was ever-present in our family’s kitchen pantry when I was a kid. You’ve had hot chocolate before, even if it was the powdered kind that came in a packet to which you added boiling hot water to get a mostly-dissolved hot drink with a few undissolved bubbles of cocoa powder floating on top.Īt the end, a half teaspoon of the mixture remained in the bottom of your cup. What Makes Hot Chocolate Italian Hot Chocolate?īy now you might be wondering what the fuss is all about. It’s a staple at all the Christmas markets and a popular street food around the Christmas holidays. Today, you can find this tasty drink throughout northern and central Italy when the weather turns cold. When the Savoy Kingdom served the drink at a celebration in Turin, it wasn’t long before this Italian city became a center for chocolate production. Italy was among the first states in the Spanish domain to enjoy the new hot chocolate drink in a big way, and it didn’t take long for them to make it their own. Soon, the Spanish conquerers brought it back to Spain where it quickly became the newest status symbol among the wealthiest classes. Leave it to the pre-Columbian peoples who were light years ahead of their time to also discover the wonders of what is still one of the world’s most beloved foods.Īlthough their early version of a hot chocolate drink is believed to be a thinner version of a hot, chocolaty drink infused with rich flavors like chili, cinnamon, and vanilla, it became known throughout the world even before the world learned of its medicinal properties. You may already know that chocolate was born in South America. This type of thick hot chocolate is found throughout Europe, but the name is unique to Italy, as is the service with a light sweet treat or dessert like Italian cantucci or biscotti. The drinking concoction is melted in special machines that slowly swirl the mixture constantly to avoid scalding it. The ingredients in Cioccolata Calda are simple: chocolate, sugar, and milk. And surprisingly, it tastes as natural going down as any warm Italian drink like espresso or cappuccino. Your first cup of thick Italian hot chocolate will feel decadent, as if you’re somehow sneaking the melted chocolate your Mom used when she was baking a cake or icing brownies. You might think a drink that looks molten thick wouldn’t be so appealing but it is chocolate after all, and it’s typically good chocolate to boot. Appearances Ī mug of Hoth chocolate, a variation made with tauntaun milk.Italian hot chocolate - sometimes called Italian drinking chocolate, or European drinking chocolate elsewhere in Europe - is a tasty and creamy drink that’s thick but still drinkable, and also importantly dunkable. Zahn received some criticism for featuring a drink found on Earth in the novel, but noted that other real-world concepts such as falcons had already become a part of Star Wars. Hot chocolate was first introduced to the Star Wars galaxy by Timothy Zahn in his 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. Wait until the processor chimes the hot chocolate is ready to be served.Ī number of things were used to enhance the taste of hot chocolate:.
Instruct the multiprocessor to heat the hot chocolate slowly.Wait until the multiprocessor chimes, then add milk.Wait until the multiprocessor chimes, add small amount of water and a lot of sweetener then set it to agitate and heat.
While most inhabitants of the galaxy were used to their hot chocolate just coming out of a dispenser nozzle, quite a few were of the opinion that hot chocolate was best when made from scratch.
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