Description
Whole milk infused with strips of fresh orange peel, then whisked with unsweetened cocoa, dark chocolate and a little sugar.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups Whole milk
- 4 strips Wide strips fresh orange peel, without white pith, from a washed orange
- 2 tablespoons Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon Granulated sugar
- 2 ounces Dark chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/16 teaspoon Fine salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash and dry an orange. Peel four wide strips, avoiding bitter white pith. Put 2 cups whole milk and the peel into a small heavy saucepan; warm over medium-low heat until steaming, about 6 minutes, without a rolling boil. Remove from heat and steep 5 minutes, then remove all peel strips.
- In a small cup mix 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa and 1 tbsp granulated sugar with 2 tbsp of the warm infused milk from the saucepan until a smooth paste forms. Whisk paste back into remaining milk.
- Return to low heat and add 2 oz finely chopped dark chocolate and 1/16 tsp fine salt. Whisk gently about 3 to 4 minutes until completely melted and smooth; do not boil. Turn off heat and stir in ¼ tsp vanilla.
- Divide between two heatproof mugs and serve warm. Taste in a kitchen trial for orange intensity, chocolate sweetness and actual final yield; do not garnish with ingredients not in the recipe.
Notes
Recipe-development draft; not kitchen-tested. Timing and yield are estimates. Nutrition has not been calculated.
Additional chilling, resting or cooling time: 5 minutes, included in the total.
Untested estimate: 5-minute ingredient prep, 6-minute milk heating plus up to 4-minute chocolate finishing, 5-minute off-heat orange steep. Do not boil milk or claim final cup volume without measurement.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Chilling, resting or cooling: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: One of two approximately 1-cup mugs; actual final liquid volume depends on heating loss