spiced hot chocolate

Submitted by chia2160

"from bon appetit, takes the chill out of shoveling."

 

• Ready In: 31mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 cups milk
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 15 cardamom pods, crushed
• 12 whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
• 2 whole star anise
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. bring the first 9 ingredients to a simmer in a large saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves.
2. remove from heat and let the flavors blend for 20 minutes.
3. add cocoa powder and vanilla, return to a simmer, whisking until blended.
4. pour into 6 cups, over a strainer.
5. discard spices.

Reviews

[Kree]

This is a warm and comforting drink! It's so thick and rich, and just inhaling the aroma of the spices made me feel very relaxed. I used soy milk and didn't have any cardamom pods so I used 1/2 tsp ground. I think next time I'd use slightly less. I can't wait to to make this next Winter to take away the chill!

 

[Annacia]

Wonderful chocolate. I adore the anise flavor in this. I used half the ask for coriander and that gave me a very pleasant light taste of it. I omitted the red pepper flakes because I was hoping that DH would have some (he didn't but thats ok, more for me!). I should mention too that I used Splenda Brown Sugar and Dutch cocoa. This in delightful chia, thanks for posting it.