Ingredients
You will need (for two hot chocolates):
- 60g 70% dark chocolate
- 50ml rum, whisky or Cointreau
- 225ml whole milk
- 1 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- Vegetable oil
- 8 sheets of gelatine
- 2 egg whites
- 450g unrefined caster sugar
- Nutmeg
Method
Sift the icing sugar and cornflour together. Rub a tin lightly with the vegetable oil then dust with the cornflour sugar mix.
Put the caster sugar in a pan with 200ml water and bring to the boil. Boil until it reaches 127C on a sugar thermometer.
While you wait for the sugar to boil put the gelatine sheets into 150ml water.
When the sugar syrup is ready add the gelatine with the soaking water and mix well. Grate around 1/2 tsp nutmeg into the syrup.
Whisk the egg whites in an electric mixer until stiff then continue to whisk them while you pour in the hot sugar syrup. Keep whisking until the marshmallow is stiff.
Spoon this into the prepared tin then leave to set before dusting a worktop with more icing sugar and cornflour and cutting the marshmallow into pieces.
For the hot chocolate add all the ingredients to a saucepan and heat gently whisking continuously until hot and the chocolate has melted.
Serve the hot chocolate up with a marshmallow on top.
My marshmallows came out so well I couldn’t be more pleased; lovely and squidgy, dusty on the outside and with warming nutmeg throughout. It was nice to know exactly what had gone in my marshmallows rather than the unknown ingredients you could get if you buy them. The hot chocolate was punchy, as expected with the 70% chocolate, and lovely and thick. The best bit of course was waiting for the marshmallow to go gooey and then spooning it out to eat it. If you’ve got a sugar thermometer and an electric mixer do give marshmallows a try; for something so sweet and cute they are far from terrifying to make.
I’m sure your mashmallows were lovely, but I can’t help it is they remind me of tofu!
Best wishes for a happy holiday. Looking forward to more of your recipes in the New Year.
I have been wanting to try homemade marshmallows — these look like the perfect compliment to the tasty hot chocolate.
Wow homemade marshmallow…beautiful drink…perfect for the season.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Caroline 😀
I have always freaked out about making marshmallows but with this sharing, I am up to mark to try. Nice with the chocolate.
Nutmeg marshmallows? So spoiling me with that 😀
Need to try them!
Happy Holidays!
CCU
We haven’t made marshmallows yet – need to try the. Hope you’re having a happy, happy holiday!
Love that you made your own marshmallows. Would love to try my hand at them sometime!
Homemade marshmallows, awesome! Marshmallows and chocolate, can’t get better than that. Here’s wishing you and your family a very happy New Year!
i still have yet to make my own marshmallows, and when i do, though cinnamon will be my first flavor, nutmeg won’t be far behind. 🙂
Homemade marshmallows in hot chocolate are the best!! Loving this.
hi caroline, i hv never attempted to make marshmallows but just few days ago, i was trying to melt some marshmallow and they just couldnt melt! urggr! taking this opportunity to wish you a great 2014!
They have turned out perfect!
Happy New Year!