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Historical recipe: Spiced hot chocolate – the drink banned by Oliver Cromwell
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Difficulty 1/10
Ingredients
- 75g Dark chocolate (minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids, broken into small pieces)
- 400ml whole milk
- 2 Cardamom pods, freshly ground
- 2 Star anise
- 1tsp Ground cinnamon
- Zest from half an orange, grated
- Pinch of Chilli flakes
Method
- STEP 1
Toast the cardamom seeds and star anise in a frying pan over a low heat for 1–2 minutes.
- STEP 2
Stir in the chilli flakes, orange zest and cinnamon.Cook for another minute, until the orange zest starts to dry out.
- STEP 3
Place the spices into a mortar and grind with a pestle until it turns into a fine powder.
- STEP 4
Put the broken chocolate pieces, ground spices and milk into a pan and slowly bring to the boil, stirring all the time. Heat until the chocolate has melted and the liquid is hot.