Mexican Drinking Chocolate

8 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lbs dark chocolate, finely chopped (61-66% cacao)
  • 2 1/4 cups heavy cream
  • 2 vanilla beans, split and scraped
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried chipotle powder
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 8 cups milk

Directions

  1. 1
    Put chocolate in a large bowl.
  2. 2
    Combine cream, vanilla beans (seeds and pods), cinnamon and chile powder in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Remove from heat. Press vanilla pods against sides of pan to extract any remaining seeds and cream; discard pods.
  3. 3
    Pour cream over chocolate and stir until melted. Add corn syrup and almond extract; stir until smooth.
  4. 4
    Package in very clean 1 cup jars. Refrigerate up to 2 weeks.
  5. 5
    To serve, combine 1/4 c ganache (use a heated spoon to scrape ganache out of jar) with 1/2 c hot milk and stir until smooth.

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