Ingredients
- Vanilla Cream
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2.5 cups milk divided
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 vanilla bean split lengthwise or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Hot Chocolate
- 1 cup milk
- 7 ounces semi sweet chocolate (2 chocolate bars)
Preparation
Step 1
Vanilla Cream
Sprinkle the cornstarch over 1/2 of the milk in a small bowl and whisk to dissolve. Add the sugar and egg yolks and whisk well.
Bring the remaining 2 cups milk and vanilla bean just to a summer in a heavy bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Remove the bean, scrape the vanilla seeds into the milk, and discard the bean. Gradually whisk the egg yolk mixture into the milk.
Cook whisking often until sauce comes to a full boil, about 3 minutes. If using vanilla extract stir in now. Strain through a wire sieve into bowl. Serve warm
Hot chocolate
Add to the vanilla cream the chopped chocolate chunks and 1 boiled cup of milk. Mix until smooth. Any flavor can be added: raspberry, cinnamon, ginger spice or marshmallows. Chocolate can be milk or white chocolate.