Hot chocolate drink

Name: Hot chocolate drink
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes about 1.4 litres
Ingredients: 1 litre milk; 120 g (4 oz) good-quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped; 250 ml (8 fl oz) thick (double) cream; 1 black peppercorn; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 tablespoons caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
1.4 litres

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

If you’ve only ever experienced hot chocolate made with hot milk and cocoa, you’ll die for this chocolate drink made with melted chocolate, milk and cream.

Ingredients

1 litre milk
250 ml (8 fl oz) thick (double) cream</

Vegetarian
Chocolate
Drinks
Gluten-free

Method

Pour the milk and cream into a saucepan and slowly bring to the boil over low heat. Add the chocolate, cinnamon, peppercorn and sugar, and gently simmer for at least 10 minutes.
The chocolate may be strained and served immediately, but the flavour will improve if it is refrigerated for a few hours or up to 3 days. Reheat through to serve.