Spiced Hot Chocolate

Name: Spiced Hot Chocolate
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 cups (1 liter) whole or partially skimmed milk; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 1 scant teaspoon (2 g) mixed spices, either store bought or homemade, containing star anise, nutmeg (or mace), cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.; 2 sticks cinnamon; 2 sticks cinnamon; 3 ½ oz. (100 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa; 3 ½ oz. (100 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa; 3 ½ oz. (100 g) milk chocolate, 40 percent cocoa; 3 ½ oz. (100 g) milk chocolate, 40 percent cocoa

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

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Ingredients

Spiced Hot Chocolate

4 cups (1 liter) whole or partially skimmed milk
1 scant teaspoon (2

Drinks
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Bring the milk to the boil with the spices. Remove from the heat and leave to infuse for a few minutes before filtering through a fine-mesh sieve.

Chop the chocolate and melt it slowly in a bain-marie or in the microwave oven (on “defrost” or at 500 W maximum, stirring from time to time).

Pour one-third of the boiling liquid over the melted cho