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Spanish Chocolate

To serve 60.

Ingredients

• 6 quarts of milk
• 3 blades of mace
• 1 five-inch stick of cinnamon
• 12 cloves
• 20 pounded almonds
• 1 pound of chocolate
• 3 cups of sugar
• 2 quarts of boiling water
• yolks of three eggs

Instructions

Scald the milk with the spices and nuts. Break up the chocolate and melt over hot water; add the sugar, mix thoroughly, then gradually stir in the boiling water; let cook two or three minutes after all the water has been added, then turn into the hot milk; let stand over hot water until ready to serve, then add the beaten yolks of eggs, diluted with half a cup of water, milk or cream, and strain through a cheese-cloth. Keep hot over hot water.

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Source

Salads, Sandwiches, and Chafing-Dish Dainties (1909).