Chocolate Protein Milk

Headnote

This is a restrained chocolate drink of real substance: cool, smooth, and quietly rich, with the clean depth of cocoa and the rounded body of milk. The protein is integrated rather than announced, giving the drink a firm, satiny texture and a finish that remains light. It is composed to be precise, balanced, and fully drinkable.

Recipe essentials

Dish category: Protein drink
Cuisine or origin: Contemporary European
Course type: Beverage
Yield: 1 serving
Serving size: 250 g
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Total time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Equipment

Digital scale
Small mixing bowl
Whisk
Fine sieve
250 g bottle or serving glass

Ingredients

Milk 190 g
Milk protein 35 g
Cocoa powder 12 g
Stabilizer 1 g
Flavoring 1 g
Sweetener 4 g
Vitamin D 0.00001 g
Calcium 7.99999 g

Method

1. Place the milk in a small mixing bowl. Add the milk protein and whisk for 30 seconds until fully dispersed and no dry pockets remain.

2. Sift in the cocoa powder, stabilizer, flavoring, sweetener, vitamin D, and calcium. Whisk steadily for 45 to 60 seconds until the mixture is smooth, uniform, and slightly thickened.

3. Pass the drink through a fine sieve into a 250 g bottle or serving glass. The texture should be glossy and free of visible granules.

4. Chill for 15 minutes if a colder service is desired, then stir once before serving. The finished drink should pour cleanly and coat the glass lightly.

Plating and serving

Serve well chilled in a slender glass or bottle. The drink should appear deep brown, smooth, and composed, with a clean surface and a dense but fluid body.

Professional notes

The cocoa must be fully dispersed before chilling; otherwise, it will read dusty rather than refined. The stabilizer should give quiet suspension, not visible thickness. Serve the drink cold enough to sharpen the cocoa, but not so cold that the texture tightens.