Saffron & Cardamom Hot Chocolate
The perfect hot chocolate for your cozy winter nights in your jammies watching Home Alone reruns! It’s deliciously spiced, creamy, and just the right amount of chocolatey.
Ingredients
Spiced Chocolate Ganache Base
- 70 g Milk Chocolate
- 30 g Dark Chocolate
- 100 ml Heavy Cream
- 0.10 g Saffron Threads
- ½ tsp Ground Cardamom
- ¼ tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- Sugar/Sweetener
Hot Chocolate
- 640 ml Whole Milk
Toppings (optional)
- Whipped Cream
- Ground Cinnamon
- Marsmellows
- Caramel Drizzle
Instructions
- Begin by roughly chopping the chocolates and placing it in a mixing bowl. Add the saffron threads, ground cardamom, and ground nutmeg.
- Add the heavy cream to a milk pan and heat it over medium heat until there are little bubbles forming along the sides of the pan and plenty of steam (do not let it boil). Then remove it from the heat and pour the hot cream directly into the mixing bowl with the chopped chocolate. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 5 minutes.
- There's two ways to froth the milk: 1) Heat the milk in a milk pan over medium heat until little bubbles form around the edges and you see a lot of steam (do not let it boil). Remove from the heat and use a handheld frother to froth the milk. 2) If you have an electric milk frother, you can pour the milk into that and froth it directly (no need to heat the milk beforehand).
- Once the milk has been frothed, set it aside.
- Remove the plastic wrap from the mixing bowl, add the vanilla essence to the chocolate and cream, and whisk everything until well combined.
- Divide the spiced chocolate ganache base evenly between four cups. Add sugar or sweetener, if using, and pour the frothed milk evenly into all four cups. Give it a gentle stir.
- Optionally, finish with whipped cream, ground cinnamon, and marshmallows. Enjoy!