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46 ~ Wednesday. October 31, 1990 ~ North Shore News

FOOD

lake hot chocolate
without the wrinkles

THE NEXT time you serve
hot chocolate, don’t forget
the marshmallow, or whip-
pec cream.

These traditional toppings are
easy solutions to that unwanted
scum that often forms on the top
of heated milk.

When milk is warmed to just
below boiling, water evaporates
from its surface. Casein, a mitk
protein, becomes so concentrated
it forms a complex with calcium
to make a continuous layer or
skin which wrinkles on the su:-
face.

Not only is it unappetizing, the
skin also traps steam, pressure
builds and the milk boils over eas-
ily.

Unfortunately, removing the
skin is no solution. A replacement
forms almost immediately.

The best means of avoiding a
scum is to use l6w heat for a min-
imum amount of time. -

The time-honored marshmallow
works because it interrupts the
network of milk casein. Whipped
cream forms a barrier of fatty
molecules that prevents excess
evaporation of water from the
milk.

And blending or beating the
cocoa until! frothy discourages

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From page 48

and stir until dissolved, Sift icing
sugar into a large bowl. Add hot
mixture and beat until fluffy. Beat
in vanilla. Frost cake and stud
with walnut halves.

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scum formation by dispersing the
milk protein over hundreds of tiny
air bubbles.

If cocoa must be held, cover
with a lid to slow down evapora-
tion, keep at a low temperature
and be prepared to gently lift off
that skin if it forms.

The forerunner of the chocolate
drink mixes on the market is
cocoa powder. Because pure cocoa
powder tends to lump when wet,
instaat cocoas were developed.

They contain an emulsifier, usual-
lv lecithin, which helps separate
cocoa particles making them fess
likely to clump together,

Sugar is added, sometimes ac-
counting for up to 70 per cent of
the weight. (Cheek the label to see
which ingredient comes first.) [n-
slant cocoas are also precooked
and treated so they dissolve readi-
ly.
Hfsyou want to try traditional
hot chocolate, blend one Tbsp.
(15 mL) pure cocoa powder with
one Tbsp. (15 mL) sugar. Add
one Tbsp. (15 mL) cold milk and
mix until smooth. Stir into one
cup (250 mL) hot musk. The exact
amounts will vary according to the
brand of cocoa powder and your
individual taste.

Contrary to our image of most
chocolate, pure cocoa powder is
not naturally swect so some sugar
is necessary. In addition to
sweetening, the grains of sugar
separate the cocoa particles so
they don’t lump readily.

Mixing first with cold milk is
added insurance that the particles
won't clump as they’re stirred into
the hot milk.

Traditional hot chocolate wor!s
well for a crowd. It's usually
cheaper and you control its sugar
content and additives.

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