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Christmas dessert

Easy berry cheesecakes

10 minutes

Molten hot chocolate with raspberry macaroons and caramel spoons

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 x 100 g slabs good-quality dark chocolate, broken into pieces
1-2 cups milk
1 cup cream, lightly beaten
Raspberry macaroons, for serving

For the caramel spoons:

200 g sugar

Method

Place a saucepan over a medium to low heat and add a little water. Suspend a glass bowl over the saucepan and add the broken chocolate.

Gently melt the chocolate, then spoon into a separate saucepan. Place over a low heat and add the milk, a little at a time, until you have silky hot chocolate.

Pour into ceramic mugs or glasses and top with the cream. Serve with a stack of pretty pink macaroons and the caramel spoons.

To make the caramel spoons:

Place a saucepan over a high heat and add the sugar. Allow to melt without stirring. When syrupy, remove from the heat and carefully drizzle onto a silicon mat in long spoon-shaped strips. Leave to set then serve with your hot chocolate.

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Molten hot chocolate with raspberry macaroons and caramel spoons

Molten hot chocolate with raspberry macaroons and caramel spoons

Ingredients

Method