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Recipe  •  6 April 2023

 

Hot chocolate spiked with cinnamon

A warming recipe from Jamie Oliver’s first children’s book ‘Billy and the Giant Adventure’.

Serves 8

Total time: 10 minutes

  • 2 pints of semi-skimmed milk

Hot chocolate mix

  • 2 tablespoons Horlicks (malted milk powder)
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 3 tablespoons icing sugar
  • 4 tablespoons quality cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
  • 100g quality dark chocolate (70%)

Method

Pour the milk into a large pan, and bring almost to the boil over a medium heat.

Meanwhile, add all the ingredients to a large jar, finely grating in the chocolate, then give it a good shake to combine.

You need around 10 heaped tablespoons of the chocolate mix for this amount of milk. Simply spoon the chocolate mix into the hot milk, give it a good whisk and leave to bubble away for a few minutes before serving – you’re looking for that gorgeous, thick (almost claggy), knockout texture.

Nutrition

165kcal, 6.8g fat (4.1g saturated), 6.2g protein, 21.4g carbs, 19.1g sugar, 0.4g fibre, 0.3g salt

Feature Title

Billy and the Giant Adventure
One pinch of adventure, a dash of friendship, a sprinkle of mystery and a HUGE spoonful of magic . . . Jamie Oliver, bestselling author and internationally renowned chef, delivers the perfect recipe for a page-turning children's fiction debut!
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