Hot Chocolate

Name: Hot Chocolate
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2½ cups whole milk, or 1¼ cups milk mixed with 1¼ cups light cream; 2½ cups whole milk, or 1¼ cups milk mixed with 1¼ cups light cream; 2 teaspoons best quality unsweetened cocoa powder; a pinch of sugar (optional); 1 teaspoon chopped dried chili or ½ teaspoon chopped fresh chile; 1 teaspoon chopped dried chili or ½ teaspoon chopped fresh chile; 2½ cups whole milk, or 1¼ cups milk mixed with 1¼ cups light cream

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Medium

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Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 2005

About

Use the best quality cocoa powder you can find. The heat of the chili takes this chocolate drink to another dimension!

Ingredients

2 teaspoons best quality unsweetened cocoa powder
2½ cups whole milk, or 1¼

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Put the cocoa powder in a heatproof bowl, add about 1 tablespoon of the milk, and mix to a smooth paste with a wooden spoon.

Put the remaining milk, or milk and cream, in a saucepan, add the chili, and bring to a boil. Carefully strain the boiling milk onto the cocoa paste through a fine-mes