Recipe - Venezuelan Spiced Hot Chocolate

One half ga Milk
3 Whole star anise
2 Sticks cinnamon
One orange ; Zest of
5 Whole allspice berries
2 tablespoon Brown sugar
8 ounce Semisweet chocolate;
coarsely chopped
1 cup Aged dark rum

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Combine milk with spices and sugar in large heavy saucepan. Cook over
medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar, until milk just starts to bubble
around the edges (scalding). Lower heat and cook 10 minutes. Remove from
heat and allow to steep 10 additional minutes, then strain into another
large heavy pot. Heat gently, then add chocolate and rum. Whisk briskly 5
minutes over low flame until chocolate is completely melted.

Yield: 8 cups

Posted to recipeludigest by molony molony@scsn.net on Feb 24, 1998