Sunday, 25 October 2009

Warming Our Cockles...

...last night was cold, wet and windy, and all boyfriend and I wanted to do was close the curtains, fire up the heating, and huddle up on the sofa.

We found it wasn't quite enough to keep warm, so we made fiery hot chocolate:

{Image from WeHeartIt - we drank ours too quick to get photos...!}

You Need:

200ml milk
15g orange peel
15g powdered hot chocolate
2g chilli flakes

Peeling the rind off an orange and place it in a saucepan with 200ml milk and a pinch of chilli flakes.
Bring to the boil, then remove the pan from the heat.
Allow the flavours to infuse for at least 5 minutes, then whisk in 3 teaspoons of powdered hot chocolate.
Return to the hob to warm through and pour through a sieve to serve.
Garnish with orange slices.

It really warmed our cockles, but be warned - go easy on the chilli! Even a little gives quite a kick!

xx

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pps: for US readers - hot chocolate translates as cocoa.

16 comments:

Adele said...

mmmmmmmmmm, sounds like a must-try! i live on hot chocolate during the colder months (:

Cathi said...

that sounds so delicious...thank you for sharing this with us! :)

Meg said...

That sounds delicious! I'm going to have to try it. (I think it actually sounds good enough for me to do something that resembles cooking!)

Meghan said...

Sounds delightful!

Fariha said...

yummy...can't wait to try it! thanks for sharing!

missy. said...

that sounds yummy! i love staying in, cuddling and drinking some hot coco. lovely!

daisychain said...

Oh I must try that hot chocolate, I love chilli in chocolate goods.

emily said...

so exciting! sounds so cozy.

Rose Red said...

I would give anything to be in the wet and cold of Scotland! Your hot chocolate sounds yummy.

yeh, molly said...

oooh!! delicious!! chocolate + chilli is the best...

a few months ago i made chocolate covered strawberries and sprinkled them with chilli :-)

yeh, molly said...

p.s. i love your new little pictures on the left of your blog :-)

drollgirl said...

what a DELIGHTFUL evening!!! and that sounds DELICIOUS!!!!!

Paulina said...

hmmmmmmmmm loooooove some hot chocolate. Me and the Mr can drink tons of it!

OceanDreams said...

Oh yum! That sounds delicious and how sweet that you had a night in with your BF!

Spardha Malik said...

wow thats like the adventurous cousin of the hot choc!!
i must try it!
Nice blog :)

Diana said...

orange peels to hot cocoa!! i'm going to try this with soy milk!

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