Hot chocolate

Ingredients

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

Method

1. Add the vanilla pod and seeds together with the cinnamon stick to the milk. Place in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
2. Break the chocolate into pieces, then add to the milk and allow to melt, stirring constantly.
3. Whisk the milk vigorously to give a good froth. Add a little sugar and a dusting of nutmeg. Serve.