08 May
My Hot Cocoa Recipe
3Tbs Cocoa Powder
4Tbs Water
1Tsp Vanilla Extract
1Tsp Brandy (I prefer Christian Brothers VS Brandy for the citrus flavour)
1Qt Whole Milk
Sugar to taste
Add the Cocoa Powder and Water together into a microwave safe cup and heat til brought to a boil (around 40 secs).
Stir the mixture and add the Brandy and Vanilla Extract.
Place 1C of the Whole Milk into a microwave safe cup and microwave til almost a boil. Add the Cocoa mixture to this hot milk and stir til smooth. Add granulated sugar to the mixture to sweeten til no longer bitter. Now mix the remainder of the milk to the mixture and stir til fully blended and smooth.
Note: ground cayenne pepper powder is a pefect addition to this cocoa.
Enjoy!
Nummy! I have never had brandy in my cocoa. I HAVE used Frangelico, however. And chiles are nice too.
May 8th, 2005 at 6:18 pmmmmmmm fragelico.
I like Christian Brothers brandy because it has citrus overtones which is strong enough in flavour to compliment cocoa quite nicely. Some brandies may not work to well because they could have to subtle of overtones and would be overpowered by the richness of good dutched cocoa.
May 8th, 2005 at 6:31 pm