Healthy Hot Chocolate

Hey folks,

is it as cold as in Vienna at your place? Although the sun was shining in the last few days, it's really cold and windy too. Best time for hot chocolate in my opinion!
I went for a healthy recipe this time and combined coconut milk and cocoa powder with a hint of orange and lemon. In addition I left out refined sugar completely and used agave syrup instead. Yummy!

What you'll need (for 2 persons)

• 1/2 l coconut drink (I bought the one from alpro)
• 2-3 tbsp. cocoa powder
• zest of 1/2 orange
• zest of 1/2 lemon
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 cinnamon stick
• agave syrup
• optional: whipped cream, Amaretto

How it works

Put the lemon zest, the orange zest, the cinnamon stick and the (lengthwise sliced) vanilla bean together with the milk in a pot, then boil it up. Take the milk from the stove and leave it to draw for a few mintes. Then pass it through a sieve in another pot.

Boil the milk up again and stir in two to three tablespoons of cocoa powder with a whisk.

Now the hot chocolate is actually ready to drink. If you want to refine it even more you can add one or two tablespoons of whipped cream and/or a teaspoon of Amaretto.

 Enjoy!

Have a great day!

Yours,
Steffi

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All images by Stefanie Reichl/David Auer