Cocoa Milk Tea with Cheese Foam & Cocoa Tapioca Pearls
Part 1: Beverage
Ingredients
Method- 450g Fresh Milk
- 450g Strong Brewed Tea (see below)
- 30g deZaan Terra Rossa Cocoa Powder
- 150g Condensed Milk
- Mix all ingredients in a pot and heat up to at least 65C, stir well to dissolve and chill thoroughly before serve.
Part 2: Strong Brewed Tea
Ingredients
Method- 14g Pu-er Tea Leaves
- 600g Hot Water
- Steep the dried pu-er tea leaves in hot water for at least 5 minutes or until the tea becomes strong and dark.
Part 3: Cheese Topping
Ingredients
Method- 45g Cream Cheese
- 60g Condensed Milk
- 150g Whipping Cream
- 7.5g deZaan Carbon Black Cocoa Powder
- 10g Milk
- In a stand mixer, add cream cheese, condensed milk and Carbon Black cocoa powder. Using the whip attachment, whip on high for about 3 minutes until light.
- Slowly drizzle in the whipping cream and continue whipping until thick.
Part 4: Tapioca Pearls
Ingredients
Method- 125g Tapioca Starch
- 90g Water
- 10g deZaan Terra Rossa Cocoa Powder
- 60g Dark Brown Sugar (for the dough)
- 100g Dark Brown Sugar (for the sauce)
- 10g deZaan Carbon Black Cocoa Powder
- Tapioca Starch (for dusting)
- Take the water, Terra Rossa cocoa powder, and dark brown sugar (for the dough) and bring it to a simmer.
- Take half the tapioca starch and add into the hot sugar solution all at once, mix until it forms a sticky paste.
- Continue mixing until it cools to room temperature, add the rest of the tapioca starch and knead until it forms a dough.
- Roll and cut the dough into small 0.7cm balls, dust them with tapioca starch to prevent sticking.
- Boil the pearls in boiling water until cooked through, about 5-10 minutes. Rinse with cold water until lukewarm temperature.
- Mix the tapioca pearls, dark brown sugar and Carbon Black cocoa powder well and let it sit for at least 30 minutes at room temperature before serving.
Part 5: Assembly
Method- Add about 60-80g of tapioca peals into a tall glass.
- Fill up with about 350g of chocolate milk tea.
- Top up with about 50-70g of cheese foam.
- Serve with a large metal straw.
