AMIEs Thick Hot CHOCOlate Coffee (Bicerin). As the waitress carefully places the bicerin on the little marble table, she gently recommends to enjoy it without stirring—the first gulp is just cool, thick cream, suddenly followed by silky, warm, coffee-spiked chocolate. No wonder Ernest Hemingway said that the bicerin should be one of the hundred things. The chocolate that Bicerin is made with is very dark and very thick.

The word bicerin is Piedmontese for "small glass". Today we bring you yet another delicious coffee recipe. This recipe is so decadent and rich it needs to be your holiday treat. You can cook AMIEs Thick Hot CHOCOlate Coffee (Bicerin) using 5 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of AMIEs Thick Hot CHOCOlate Coffee (Bicerin)

1. You need 160 grams of dark chocolate, chopped.
2. You need 500 ml of fresh milk.
3. It's 4 tsp of cornstarch.
4. It's 4 of small cup (tazzina) coffee espresso.
5. Prepare 200 ml of whipped cream.

Coffee Break My Coffee Coffee Drinks Espresso Coffee Italian Hot Italian Coffee Chocolate Espresso Hot Chocolate Delicious Chocolate. This is a luxurious coffee-and-chocolate drink topped with cream that originates from a cafe in Turin where it is a closely guarded secret from BBC Good Food. Bicerin - coffee & chocolate drink. This hot chocolate is the most decadent you could possibly imagine.

AMIEs Thick Hot CHOCOlate Coffee (Bicerin) instructions

1. Heat the chocolate over medium heat in a double boiler. When the chocolate starts to melt, immediately lower heat. Gradually add the milk and cornstarch, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens..
2. Pour the drink into individual transparent cups and add the coffee espresso into each cups. If desired, decorate with whipped cream before serving. Serve hot!.

It is thick, but not overly so, making it glide down and coat your throat with chocolate. If you want the hot chocolate thicker, use the maximum amount of cornstarch. Increase the heat gradually to medium-high. Bicerin (pronounced bichereen) is a rich coffee, hot chocolate and cream based drink with a hint of cinnamon that originates from the historic Italian city of Turin (Torino). It inspired the American version mocha, which is made using chocolate syrup.