Time: 10
Difficulty: Easy
Coffee Based
Christmas is most children's favorite day, and all children love hot chocolate. So here is a recipe for "Christmas Mocaccino", so that you too can enjoy accompanying them. A simple recipe to make thanks to the DELONGHI fully automatic espresso machine and some tips and secrets!
• 1 espresso*
• 20g to 40g/0.7oz to 1.4oz of dark chocolate (depending on your preference) cut into small pieces
• 20 cl/6.7 oz of milk (or plant based milk)
• For Christmas delicacy, a meringue** (or whipped cream)
• Amount of coffee: 4/5
• Ground level: 2
• Volume of coffee: 30 ml
• Preparation time of milk foam: 30 seconds
• Foam texture: button 3
The method for an attractive visual: (you can also, for more speed, press the Latte macchiato button)
Step 1
Add the chocolate in pieces to your glass
Step 2
Start the preparation of the milk mousse in your glass, on the chocolate
Step 3
Mix with a spoon to dissolve the chocolate
Step 4
Start extracting espresso in your glass
Step 5
Complete with the meringue or fragrant whipped cream and decorate
The meringue:
You can make a meringue by whipping 1 white snow (by hand or with a mixer). Then you incorporate 40g of semolina sugar. You put in your pocket to the socket, and you can decorate your Christmas Mocaccino with a little of this meringue. Then you can color your meringue with a torch for a guaranteed whaou effect!
Thanks to the espresso grinder and the Latte Crema System, it is very simple to customize your drink according to your taste preferences:
• You can change the texture of the foam, more or less creamy
• You can change the amount of milk according to the volume of your glass (and use vegetable drinks)
• You can change the settings of the espresso grinder according to your coffee, in order to obtain a cup a taste in accordance with the terroir of your coffee beans
• You can also add honey, agave syrup or flavored syrup to sweeten your Christmas Mocaccino