Spiced Hot Chocolate
Created by ellie on February 4, 2016
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #22757
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- Ancho chile (1/2 dried, crushed)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Vanilla bean (1/2 bean, split lengthwise)
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (chopped)
- 2 ounces liqueur (anise-flavored liqueur such as Pernod)
How to Make
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Step 1: In a saucepan combine the 5 ingredients (-cinnamon stick); scrape in the seeds from the vanilla bean and then add the pod. Bring mixture to a simmer and then remove from heat; cover; and let steep 15 minutes.
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Step 2: Remove chile, cinnamon stick and vanilla pod. Stir in chocolate and heat over medium high heat, whisking constantly until the chocolate melts and mixture is smooth (5 minutes). Remove from heat and add liqueur.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (206.4 g)
- Calories 396.6
- Total Fat - 20.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.8 g
- Cholesterol - 54.6 mg
- Sodium - 210.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 45.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 42.6 g
- Protein - 5.4 g
- Calcium - 187.7 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg