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Valerian Hot Chocolate for Anxiety
Recipe courtesy James Wong
- Total Time:
- 15 min
- Prep:
- 5 min |
- Inactive Prep:
- -- |
- Cook:
- 10 min
- Level:
- Easy
- Yield:
- 3 cups
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons fresh valerian root
- 3 3/4 cups full-fat milk
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon balm leaves
- 3 teaspoons fresh lavender flowers
- 6 leaves and 3 heads from fresh passion flowers
- Peel of 1 1/2 oranges
- 1 3/4 ounces dark chocolate (minimum 50-percent cocoa solids)
- Dash vanilla extract
Directions
Chop the top and bottom from the fresh valerian root, and then place in a saucepan with the milk, lemon balm, lavender, passion flowers and orange peel and gently heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Strain.
Pour the infused milk back into the pan, and then add the dark chocolate and vanilla extract and stir until melted. Drink at once.
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