Drinks

Homemade Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon &Almonds;

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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