Quick Hot Chocolate Or Drinking Chocolate (I)

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 8 ounces dark, bittersweet, or semisweet chocolate (60 to 72% cacao), finely chopped

  Sub-recipe steps

  1. Bring to a rolling boil in a medium heavy saucepan: 1 cup heavy cream
  2. Immediately remove from the heat and add, whisking until smooth: 8 ounces dark, bittersweet, or semisweet chocolate (60 to 72% cacao), finely chopped
  3. Use immediately or let cool, then refrigerate, covered, for up to 2 weeks.
• ½ cup milk, water, or coffee
• (⅛ teaspoon vanilla or ½ teaspoon Kahlúa or Grand Marnier)
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  • 1 cup cold heavy cream
  • (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste)
  • (½ teaspoon vanilla)

  Sub-recipe steps

  1. Beat in a large bowl (chill the bowl if your kitchen is very warm) with a hand mixer or balloon whisk or in a stand mixer set at medium-high speed, until stiff and billowy but not grainy: 1 cup cold heavy cream; (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste); (½ teaspoon vanilla)
  2. Use immediately.
• Ground nutmeg or cinnamon