Mocha Under a Cloud Recipe

Flavors of Mexico

Total time: less than 15 minutes

Difficulty: Requires a certain dexterity

Tip
To pour a hot liquid into a glass, first place a spoon in the glass then pour the liquid over the spoon in order to prevent the glass from cracking.

Ingredients

- 250 ml (1 cup) milk

- 125 ml (1/2 cup) strong coffee

- 30 g (1 oz.) bitter chocolate

- 1/2 vanilla bean or a drop of vanilla extract

- 1 tsp. vanilla sugar

- Whipped cream

- Cinnamon stick (optional)

Method

1. Gently heat the milk over moderate heat with the vanilla bean and sugar, without letting it boil; once it is hot, reduce the heat to minimum and infuse for 10 minutes; scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean;
2. pour the hot coffee and grated chocolate into the hot milk; increase the heat to medium until the chocolate is melted; whisk until foamy;
3. pour into glasses; garnish with whipped cream and serve immediately. You can serve it with a cinnamon stick to stir the cream into the mocha.