Photo by Judy Witts Francini
My American ex-pat friend Judy Witts Francini lives in Certaldo, halfway between Florence and Siena, where she teaches classes at her Divina Cucina Cooking School.
I have to share her recent post of a decadent recipe for cioccolato caldo , hot chocolate that’s as thick as a pudding because it contains an obscene amount of melted bittersweet chocolate. Just looking at her photo of a mug of cioccolato caldo— set against the backdrop of snow that Tuscany’s been pelted with— warms my spirits.
Judy credits the recipe to Leonardo Vestri who has a chocolate/gelato shop in Florence. He sometimes spikes it with a pinch of hot pepper which is the way Judy likes it. I can’t wait to sip some by the fire! How about you?
yum! that looks amazing and great photo! I love how the cup is on a bed of snow.
Hmmm…..looking at my snow-covered back yard the chocolate sounds delicious. It would also be delicious on a drizzly cold night in San Marino (-:
Donna Zabel
Thanks for sharing this.
Doesn’t it sound yummy? Is it cold enough in Arizona for cioccolato caldo?
This hot chocolate looks pretty good! Indulgence!