Recipes

Chocolate Cocktail  

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Having a few friends around or night on the town?


Kick start your night to a chocolate cocktail!!


At home with friends  or Join @Mark pope  & team at Ta Bouche in Cambridge
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This Recipe was brought to you by Mark pope Bartender at Ta Bouche.
Mark recently won  La Raza Ltd Cambridge Bar Competition. Enjoy!

20g  Dark chocolate
25ml Grand Marnier
12.5ml Patron XO Café tequila / Kahlua
12.5ml dark chocolate liqueur
shot espresso (optional)
50ml half and half
Melt the chocolate in a bain marie or Microwave
Add the espresso to 50ml of the chocolate & stir well
Add remaining ingredients, stir & allow to cool
Shake and serve over crushed ice
Dust with chocolate, Garnish with a candied orange slice 

The Perfect Hot Chocolate!

THE Traditional  RECIPE

Grate 50g of dark chocolate into a saucepan containing 250ml of milk approaching the boil. Stir until the chocolate has dissolved and the drink has slightly thickened. Stir in sugar to taste, depending on how sweet your chocolate was. Spoon in a tablespoon of double cream if you wish, and serve. Enough for one.

THE TRICK

Most chocolate has too much sugar in to be satisfactory for making a hot drink. It ends up more like something you might pour over your profiteroles. If you want to take the drink seriously use the most bitter chocolate you can find (70-100% cocoa butter), then sweeten it yourself. You may be surprised how little sugar you need. Don't let the mixture boil once you have added the chocolate. To get a creamy head, beat with a small whisk as soon as the chocolate has melted.

THE TWIST

Ground cinnamon, added after the chocolate, is popular, as is a scraping of nutmeg on the surface, but we can do better than that. Many of the flavoured, high-cocoa-butter chocolates about at the moment will add intrigue to your drink. Try chilli, lavender, Arabic spice or caramel flavours. Cardamom chocolate gives a wonderfully heady drink.

MY FAVOURITE TWIST (adult only)

Add a shot of Cointreau or Baileys After the chocolate. Top with a little whipped cream &  Marshmallows.   

NEW CHOCOLATE SPOON 

Making Life easy. 

Don`t have time to make the traditional way!

Try my new CHOCOLATE SPOONS! From Chocolate Shells 

Simply stir the Chocolate Spoon into a mug of warmed milk (microwaved) to make the best hot chocolate you've ever tasted! Watch as the mini mallows float to the top to make a foamy layer! Make it as chocolatey as you like and eat the rest of the melting chocolate off the spoon! Flavours include: Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, 65%Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Orange, Cinnamon or Ginger.

ADULT ONLY add a splash of Baileys or Cointreau