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Cocoa Paste

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. one cup of milk
  2. 3 cups hot water
  3. 3 cups sugar
  4. 2 cups cocoa
  5. one tablespoon of the paste
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Mix 2 cups cocoa and 3 cups sugar, add 3 cups hot water and stir to a smooth paste.
  2. Place mixture in top of double boiler and cook over boiling water for two hours.
  3. Keep paste in cool place and use as needed.
  4. To use paste, heat one cup of milk in double boiler and stir into it one tablespoon of the paste.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon