Chocolate Soup

Chocolate Soup

Ingredients:

4 cups whole milk

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar, grated or chopped fine 

Peels of 1 orange, in thick strips

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 vanilla extract 

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup cocoa powder

Toasted brioche or plain cookies, for serving

Instructions:

Bring the milk just to a simmer in a sloped-sided medium pot (so the pudding will not in the corners of the pot). Ladle about 1/2 cup milk into a small bowl, and whisk in the flour to make a smooth paste. Whisk the flour paste back into the hot milk until smooth. Add the sugar, orange peel, butter, vanilla, and salt and bring to simmer.

Pour the cocoa powder into a medium bowl. While whisking, gradually pour about 1 cup of the hot milk into the cocoa. Whisk until smooth, then whisk the cocoa and the milk back into the pot. Bring the soup to a simmer, whisking constantly, and making sure you get into the corner of the pot. Let simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes. Strain through a sieve into a clean pot serve hot in bowls, with brioche or plain cookies for dripping.