Icelandic Cocoa Soup

Kumquat the Cat's friend's Note:

Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005. Just picked this recipe up when I was in Iceland from a cookbook called Cool Dishes. I think kids might really like this recipe, and it's relatively healthy too! A dessert soup might tickle their fancy. The book recommends serving this with crumbled rusks. Have not tried this recipe yet.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups water
• 3 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon potato starch or 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• salt, to taste

Directions:

1. Mix the cocoa powder, sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan.
2. Add the water gradually and stir until smooth.
3. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add the milk, reheat to boiling point and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
5. Mix the potato starch or cornstarch with a little cold water, stir into soup and remove from heat.
6. Salt to taste and serve.

Reviews

[Lalaloula]

Mmm, this cocoa soup really is super yummy! A sweet, chocolatey treat, perfect for a chilly day or just to cheer you up after work. I enjoyed it with some home-made spice cookies, which was a perfect match. For flavour this would be a definite 5 stars, but unfortunately it never thickened, even though I used 2 tbs potato starch and allowed the soup to simmer for quite a while. Nonetheless it was very much enjoyed! :) Made and reviewed for Veggie Swap #16 Novembre 09.

[twissis]

This was fun to make & a treat for this chocoholic. I admit I have the advantage of *on-site input* & it turns out nearly all recipes for it match yours, altho some suggest using vanilla instead of cinnamon. The thickness (or lack of it) was the main issue in prior reviews & I found 1T cornstarch is used for thin soup, 2T for thick soup & 3T for pudding. I used 2T, cooked it till it was clearly starting to thicken, removed it from direct heat & let it sit for a few min. This method got me the equivalent of a thick & creamy hot chocolate that I liked a lot. Thx for sharing this recipe w/us.

[ladypit]

We enjoyed this quite a lot. I used potato flour hoping that it might make it thicker, but it did not. That said, we still thought it was very tasty. We would have liked it a bit sweeter I think, but that is personal preference. I used skim milk which made this very low fat. This would be particularly good in cold weather. And some homemade pound cake croutons would make it almost decadent!