Hot Cocoa with Whipped Cream and Zefir
Make hot cocoa with a fluffy "cap" of cream and zefir! This fragrant drink creates a special atmosphere of warmth and coziness — and a couple of mugs of cocoa shared on a cold winter evening will fill the house with romance.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather all the ingredients. Choose a good-quality cocoa powder, since it sets the flavor of the drink. Use whole milk, at least 3.2% fat. Use heavy cream too, so it whips well. Chill the cream in the fridge before you start, and to speed up whipping, chill the bowl and beaters as well.
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Step 2:
Cut the zefir into small cubes with a knife. Vanilla or crème-brûlée zefir works, but white shades are best so it blends into one even color with the whipped cream. You can also use white marshmallows instead.
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Step 3:
Pour the chilled heavy cream into a chilled bowl and whip it to stiff peaks, starting on low speed and gradually working up to high. Use a bowl with high sides so the cream doesn't splatter.
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Step 4:
Gently fold the diced zefir into the stiffly whipped cream. Refrigerate this cream-and-zefir mixture while you make the cocoa — it should stay cold.
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Step 5:
Pour the whole milk into a saucepan, add the cocoa powder, and set it over medium heat. Whisking constantly, bring it to a boil. As soon as it boils, stir in the condensed milk, whisking quickly until it fully dissolves, then take the pan off the heat.
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Step 6:
Pour the hot sweet cocoa into large mugs right away, top with the cold cream-and-zefir mixture, and garnish however you like — a dusting of cocoa powder is nice.
- For a kid-friendly version, swap the condensed milk for flavored syrup and use colored flavored zefir instead of the classic kind — that makes the cocoa more colorful.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Whole cow's milk - 68 kcal/100g
- Milk 3.5% fat - 64 kcal/100g
- Milk 3.2% fat - 60 kcal/100g
- Milk 1.5% fat - 47 kcal/100g
- Concentrated milk 7.5% fat - 140 kcal/100g
- Milk 2.5% fat - 54 kcal/100g
- Sweetened condensed milk - 324 kcal/100g
- Cocoa powder - 374 kcal/100g
- Zefir - 304 kcal/100g
- Chocolate-covered zefir - 396 kcal/100g
- Cream 35% - 337 kcal/100g
- Cream 40% - 362 kcal/100g
