Spicy Spiked Hot Chocolate

• Produce

  • 1/2 Ancho chile

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 oz Bittersweet chocolate
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1/3 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 Vanilla bean

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • 2 cups Whole milk

• Other

  • 2 oz Xtabentún, pernod, or other anise-flavored liqueur

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Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• ⅓ cup sugar
• ½ ancho chile, lightly crushed
• 1 cinnamon stick
• ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 3 oz. bittersweet chocolate (at least 70% cacao), chopped
• 2 oz. Xtabentún, Pernod, or other anise-flavored liqueur