South Of The Border Silky Hot Chocolate
From jimrug1 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This recipe was given to me by my best friend who lived in Mexico City for many years. It has a soft silky texture when made with the Light Cream. If you want to kick it up another notch, spike it with some aged brandy style Tequila before adding the Whipped Cream and Nuts. Read more Hope you enjoy. . See less
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water shopping list
- 1 Red Chile pepper, (Jalapeno or Serrano)cut in half, seeds removed. shopping list
- 5 cups light cream or whole milk shopping list
- 3 Tablets mexican chocolate, cut into 1/4-inch pieces or 8 oz High Quality (70% cocoa or more) bittersweet chocolate shopping list
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise or 1Tsp vanilla extract shopping list
- 3 Tbls honey, or to taste shopping list
- 1 to 2 cinnamon sticks shopping list
- l Tbls almonds or hazelnuts, ground extra fine shopping list
- whipped cream shopping list
- Aged tequila (Optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Note: Use 1 Cinnamon Stick if you are using Mexican Chocolate and 2 sticks if you are using Bittersweet.
- In a large saucepan, bring the 2 Cups of water to a boil. Add Chile Pepper and simmer until the liquid is reduced to 1 cup. Remove
- Chile Pepper; strain the water and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine Cream or Milk, Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon stick until bubbles appear around the edge. Reduce heat to low; add Chocolate and Honey; whisk occasionally until Chocolate is melted. Turn off heat; remove Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon stick. Whisk in the Chile Water. If Chocolate is too thick, thin with a little more Milk and heat through.
- Serve in Mugs and garnish with ground Almonds or Hazelnuts and Whipped Cream. If desired, add a splash of aged Tequila
The Rating
Reviewed by 13 people-
oh my goodness! Wowee - delicious!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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Sounds luscious and delicious...and tequila always kciks a party up a notch or two. High 5 - great recipe, Jim. :)
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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