Ingredients

• 1 vanilla pod
• split and seeds scraped out
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 litre/1¾ pints milk
• 150g/5½oz plain chocolate
• chopped into small pieces
• sugar
• to taste
• freshly grated nutmeg
• for dusting

Directions

• Heat the vanilla pod and seeds
• cinnamon stick and milk in a saucepan until boiling.
• Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate pieces
• stirring until the chocolate melts.
• Whisk the hot chocolate vigorously until frothy on top and add sugar
• to taste. Serve with a dusting of nutmeg.