Creole-Style Hot Chocolate Recipe

Flavors of French West Indies

Total time: less than 15 minutes

Preparation and cooking time: A few minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

Ingredients for 4 bowls or 6 cups

- 1 liter (4 cups) milk

- 1 egg

- 4 heaping tbsp. grated or powdered Cocoa

- 6 tbsp. cane or brown sugar

- 1 tbsp. cornstarch

- 1 vanilla bean

- 1 cinnamon stick

- A pinch of grated Nutmeg

- 150 g (5 oz.) toasted almonds or peanuts

Method

1. In a saucepan, heat the milk with the split and scraped vanilla bean, the cinnamon and the nutmeg;
2. in a small bowl, combine the cocoa, sugar, cornstarch and egg with a few drops of cold milk;
3. pour the mixture into the hot milk; let thicken over low heat;
4. remove the vanilla bean and cinnamon stick; add the peanuts or almonds and serve very hot.