Ina's Holiday Hot Chocolate

By pavaldez

Ingredients

• 4 cups whole milk
• 4 cups half-and-half
• 1 pound white chocolate, chopped
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• Seeds scraped from 2 vanilla beans
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup orange flavored liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier

Preparation

Step 1

In a saucepan on medium heat, heat the milk and half-and-half to just below the simmering point.

Remove the pan from the heat and add the white chocolate. When the chocolate is melted, add the vanilla, vanilla bean seeds, and 1/4 to 1/3 cup orange liqueur, according to taste, and whisk vigorously.

Reheat very gently and serve.