Red Wine Hot Chocolate Is a Thing, and Its (Surprisingly) Delicious.
'Frosé? That’s a summer drink. Hot toddies, eggnog, mulled wine? Please, those are for your parents.
No, no, the must-have drink of winter 2016, at least according to a small but dedicated circle of food blogs, is red wine hot chocolate.
A post this fall on Martha Stewart’s official Facebook page called it “spectacular.” Soon after, Cosmopolitan magazine called it “the best of both worlds.” The Kitchn, a popular recipe site, called it “the answer to your cold-weather blues.” And last month, The Daily Mail had an “exclusive” on a version of the recipe that had grown popular on Pinterest.
The basic idea is not new. Most versions follow the same formula as the one posted in 2014 on Imma Eat That, a food blog that has frequently been cited as the recipe has rocked around the internet in the past few years. It’s pretty easy to follow:
1) Make some hot chocolate.
2) Put some red wine in it.
3) Add whipped cream on top.
4) Take the Instagram picture.
5) Drink.
Depending on your thoughts on hot chocolate, on red wine and on the trend of mixing two separate foods together in heretofore unimagined and occasionally unholy ways, this sounds like either the best idea or the worst idea.
And when you can already easily add rum or whiskey or any other spirit to hot chocolate, what else can red wine really bring to the table?'>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/dining/red-wine-hot-chocolate.html?
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