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Kakósúpa

Name: Kakósúpa
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Iceland
Ingredients: 800ml Milk; 3 tbsp Cocoa powder; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1 tbsp Potato Starch; A pinch Salt; A pinch Vanilla Extract; To taste Biscuits

Dessert

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Warm cocoa thickened into a soup for dunking biscuits or bread — an Icelandic sweet soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kakósúpa means 'cocoa soup': an Icelandic sweet soup of milk, cocoa, and sugar warmed and lightly thickened with potato starch. It's long been a favorite lunch or snack for children, eaten with a spoon with rusks, biscuits, or whipped cream floating on top.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in an Icelandic school in winter, children float biscuits on warm cocoa soup and scoop them up with spoons.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Milk 800ml
Cocoa powder 3 tbsp
Sugar 3 tbsp
Potato Starch 1 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Biscuits To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the cocoa and sugar in a small pan and stir in a little milk to make a smooth paste.
Add the remaining milk and warm over low heat.
Add potato starch mixed with water and stir until lightly thickened.
Add the salt and vanilla.
Pour into bowls and float biscuits on top.

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