Cocktail of the Month

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Boozy Hot Chocolate (Serves 2)

What better way to warm yourself up on a cold, gloomy day than with this ‘cocktail’?! Yes, this isn’t strictly speaking a cocktail but it definitely isn’t your average hot chocolate!..

2 tablespoons cocoa powder (I use ‘Green&Blacks’)

500ml whole milk

A pinch of cayenne pepper

A pinch of cinnamon

1½ tablespoons caster sugar

50ml single cream

50g dark chocolate (I use Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate)

3-4 tablespoons very peaty scotch whisky (such as Ardbeg)

  1. Put the cocoa in a jug and mix with just enough milk to make a paste. Put the rest of the milk in a small pan and heat until simmering. Add the cayenne pepper and cinnamon.
  2. Whisk the hot milk into the cocoa paste until smooth, then pour back into the pan. Add the sugar, cream and chocolate, then heat gently until hot. Stir in the whisky and serve in mugs. Enjoy!
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Cooking has always been something I've enjoyed, I have an extensive collection of cookbooks, some are well thumbed whilst others collect dust on the shelves; I can’t bear to get rid of any cook book, just in case one day I might use it for that one obscure recipe - light on a rainy day! I enjoy eating out and discovering new flavours, whether it’s just a local haunt or a ‘dress up’ to dinner restaurant - food is my hobby! In my opinion food is the one of the most important pieces of knowledge you need to know about any culture in order to really understand it, so when we go away, it’s not the local sights that I’m googling but the best place to eat! I'm not one of those fortunate cooks who can throw something together by looking at the contents of their fridge, I need a plan to work with, then I organise my fridge around the recipe. I am however a very organised person, you might even call me a control freak! I love the orderly fashion of a recipe, I find it soothing to have a plan in front of me, so the thought of trawling through my recipe books and trying new recipes is my idea of a perfect afternoon. But I realise that this is not everyones idea of fun, hence the birth of this blog. This blog is essentially for people who adore food but don’t have the time, patience or energy to search through cook books to find that winning recipe – that’s the job of Menu Mistress!

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