Green Fairy Caliente Chocolate

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of top quality cocoa powder (Ghirardelli for example)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 4 cups scalding hot milk (not boiling)
• 1/2 cup of grated dark chocolate
• 2 ounces green chartreuse liqueur
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Mix the three first ingredients in a pot until it results in a thick and muddy dark brown paste.

2. 2

   Slowly add the milk, whisking constantly.

3. 3

   Add the grated chocolate and keep whisking until it has melted.

4. 4

   Add the Chartreuse and the cayenne, whisk and reheat on the stove until it almost reaches the boiling point.