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!
For a 350ml/11.8oz glass of "Christmas Mocaccino", you need:
Espresso* is prepared with a De'Longhi coffee grinder. Here are the settings we recommend to get a gourmet and chocolate cup with spicy notes:
The milk foam is prepared with the De'Longhi Latte Crema System. Here are the settings we recommend for a 350ml glass:
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 effect!
Thanks to the espresso grinder and the De'Longhi 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