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Get the Recipe: Red Wine and Hot Chocolate Black Tap Milkshakes

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Ingredients

For the Red Wine Hot Chocolate Black Tap Milkshakes

  • 1 medium orange
  • 2 cups (16 fluid ounces) dry red wine (see baker's notes)
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 2 cardamom pods, split lengthwise and crushed slightly with the flat of a knife
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • a pinch of allspice
  • a pinch of black pepper
  • a pinch of ground nutmeg
  • 12 ounces dark chocolate (at least 60% cacao), finely chopped
  • 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) heavy cream
  • 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) whole milk

To Serve

  • canned frosting
  • mini chocolate chips
  • marshmallows
  • whipped cream
  • chocolate syrup
  • cookies

Equipment

  • a vegetable peeler
  • a fine-mesh sieve
  • a large mason jar with a lid (see baker's notes)

Instructions
 

  • Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from 1 medium orange in wide strips, avoiding the white pith. Place the zest in a medium saucepan. Add 2 cups dry red wine, 2 whole cloves, 2 cardamom pods, 1 cinnamon stick, a pinch of all spice, a pinch of black pepper, and a pinch of ground nutmeg, giving the ingredients a good whisk to combine. Place the stovetop's lowest heat setting for about 20 minutes, just enough to infuse the red wine with all the spices' flavor. Stir every so often.
  • About halfway through the red wine's mulling time, make the hot chocolate component. Place 12 ounces finely chopped chocolate in a large mason jar, and set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup heavy cream and 1 cup whole milk. Place on medium-high heat and warm until just about ready to boil, and immediately remove from heat and pour over the chopped chocolate in the mason jar. Let sit for at least 5 to 10 minutes, before whisking to dissolve the chocolate completely. Seal the lid tightly on the mason jar, and give the mixture a good shake if that helps!
  • Return to the red wine mixture. Remove from heat and use a fine-mesh sieve to strain the spices out from the mixture and into a liquid measuring cup, discarding the solids in the sieve. Pour 1 cup of the strained red wine mixture into the mason jar containing the chocolate mixture. Seal the lid tightly on the mason jar, and give the mixture a good shake to combine the red wine and chocolate mixtures together. Taste the drink as you go — if you want more booze in the mixture, add 2 tablespoons of the red wine mixture and shake again. Continue adding small portions of the red wine mixture and shaking to incorporate it until you've achieved your ideal level of red wine hot chocolate goodness.

Notes

Inspired by The New York Times and Black Tap, for the most part
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