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Dark Hot Chocolate and Lava Cake by Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen

20 Minutes
8 Servings
11 Ingredients

Description

Do you love your winter desserts warm, gooey, and made from responsibly sourced chocolate? Then you must try this Dark Hot Chocolate and Lava Cake recipe by Chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen. It takes only 20 minutes to make.

The base of your dessert is our exclusive Forage and Feast Dark Hot Chocolate powder made with Belgian dark chocolate and single-origin Ghanaian cocoa. It is elevated with blocks of an artisanal dark chocolate and pomegranate slab, winter spices and loads of creaminess.

As for the pudding, we did all the hard work for you. Simply bake your Forage and Feast Chocolate Lava Cakes with a dark chocolate ganache centre and flake garnish, and serve as desired.

Don’t hesitate. Head over to your nearest Checkers today, or shop online on Sixty60 and get all the ingredients for this Dark Hot Chocolate and Lava Cake recipe delivered to you in 60 minutes.

 

Directions

1. To make the hot chocolate, in a large pot simmer the milk, cream, water, sugar, star anise, and thyme together over medium heat and gently simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Whisk in the hot chocolate powder and chopped chocolate slab. Cook for another 2–3 minutes over low heat.
3 Pour into mugs. It can be served with whipped cream.
4. To make the lava cakes, cook the lava cakes according to package instructions.
5. While the lava cakes are cooking, chop the chocolate slab and half of the coated almonds finely and mix them together in a bowl.
6. When the lava cakes come out of the oven, serve with the chopped nuts and garnish with whole coated almonds and fresh pomegranate pips.

Tip: Replace the pomegranate slab with your favourite Forage and Feast chocolate slab.

Ingredients

For the Hot Chocolate:

  • 750ml full cream milk
  • 750ml cream
  • 750ml water
  • 80g castor sugar, optional
  • 1 star anise; whole
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 100g Forage and Feast Dark Chocolate Slab with Pomegranate 
  • 100g Forage and Feast Dark Hot Chocolate

 

For the Lava Cakes:

  • 8 Forage and Feast Frozen Chocolate Lava Cakes
  • 100g Forage and Feast Dark Chocolate Coated Almonds
  • 50g Forage and Feast Dark Chocolate Slab with Pomegranate
  • 50g pomegranate pips