Venezuelan Spiced Hot Chocolate

== Description ==
8 servings
== Ingredients ==
* ½ gallon milk
* 3 whole star anise
* 2 stick cinnamon
* zest of one orange
* 5 whole allspice berries
* 2 tbsp brown sugar
* 8 oz semisweet chocolate coarsely chopped
* 1 cup aged dark rum
== Directions ==
# Combine milk with spices and sugar in large heavy saucepan.
# Cook over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar, until milk just starts to bubble around the edges.
# Lower heat and cook 10 minutes.
# Remove from heat and allow to steep 10 additional minutes, then strain into another large heavy pot.
# Heat gently, then add chocolate and rum.
# Whisk briskly 5 minutes over low flame until chocolate is completely melted.
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