Wednesday's are always the BEST with Chef Brian West! Today he's making some Mexican Hot Chocolate that ill surely warm us all up as the temperatures are dropping!
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MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups milk
3 cups heavy cream
12 ounces semisweet chocolate,
chopped
1/2 each vanilla bean
4 each cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon almond extract
DIRECTIONS:
Combine milk, cream, cinnamon sticks almond extract and vanilla in a 1 quart stainless steel pot and bring mixture to a boil.
Have prepared chocolate in a mixing bowl. Allow the Milk mixture to step off heat for 5 minutes.
Pour over the top of the chopped chocolate. Stir the chocolate mixture until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
Pour the warm mixture through a strainer
To reheat, place chocolate mixture in a stainless steel pot on low heat and stir mixture until warm. (do not let sit, or it will burn)
Serve and place in 4 oz. espresso cup with a dollop of slightly sweetened