Gourmet Belgian Hot Chocolate - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups milk
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, preferably callebaut,chopped into small pieces

Preparation

Start off by mixing together the milk and the vanilla bean in a saucepan.
Heat the milk on medium flame.
Do so till you see the appearance of bubbles around the edge of the saucepan.
Reduce flame.
Add the chocolate pieces.
Whisk occasionally, until melted.
Remove from flame.
Remove the vanilla bean.
You may rinse, dry and save the vanilla bean to use later on in another recipe.
If the milk is too thick, add some more milk to thin it.
Just before serving, whisk the milk vigorously to create alot of foam.
Serve with a smile!