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Gingerbread hot chocolate
- Published: 14 Oct 21
- Updated: 25 Mar 24
Give cocoa a delicious twist with our easy gingerbread hot chocolate recipe. Make it boozy with Frangelico, or keep it family friendly… the choice is yours.
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Take your hot choc game to the next level with our world-beating hot chocolate, laced with Jersey milk and single cream.
Ingredients
- 1 litre whole milk
- 2 cinnamon sticks, lightly bashed with a wooden spoon
- 3 whole star anise
- 250g good quality dark chocolate, finely chopped
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 50ml Frangelico or amaretto liqueur (optional)
- 100ml whipping cream
- 1 tsp chopped crystallised ginger
- Marshmallows to serve (optional)
Method
- Put the milk, cinnamon sticks and star anise in a saucepan. Warm over a low heat, stirring, until the milk just comes to a simmer and starts steaming.
- Remove the pan from the heat (remove and discard the whole spices) and gradually whisk in the chopped chocolate (reserving a little for sprinkling on top) and ground ginger until creamy. Stir in the liqueur of your choice, if using.
- Whip the cream until it just holds soft peaks (when you lift out the whisks the peaks created flop over at the top).
- Divide the hot chocolate among warmed mugs and top each with the whipped cream, chopped ginger and reserved chocolate. Serve hot with marshmallows, if you like.
- Recipe from October 2021 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 418kcals
- Fat
- 24.4g (15g saturated)
- Protein
- 8g
- Carbohydrates
- 36.1g (35.3g sugars)
- Fibre
- 1.5g
- Salt
- 0.2g
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