Homemade Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon &Almonds;
5 minutes prep, 5 minutes cook
Serves Enough for 6 cups
Ingredients
140g dark chocolate (around 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 heaped tsps flaked almonds
2½ tbsps soft light brown sugar
Good pinch of sea salt flakes
To serve:
Whole milk
Chilli flakes
Method
Place all the ingredients for the chocolate mix in a food processor and blitz to a fine rubble –– don’t overdo it, or the chocolate will melt and turn into a paste
Heat the milk in a pan almost to boiling point, then remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons for each 250ml of milk used. Whisk or beat to a lovely froth.
Serve with a pinch of chilli flakes on top.
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