CHOCOLATE VODKA RECIPE by WILLIE

Time: 10 minutes to prepare

Ingredients:

- 500ml vodka

- 100g raw cane sugar (adjust to your taste)

- 200g Willie’s Cacao Peruvian Chulucanas 70 dark chocolate, roughly chopped. (Chose whichever of the Gold range of single estate dark chocolates, suits your mood. The Venezuelan Gold, Rio Caribe 72 to be dark, sensual and classically chocolatey or go lively and fruity with the Madagascan or Peruvian Golds.)

Method:

Place all the ingredients in a stainless steel saucepan. Heat very gently over a really low heat until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is warm, taking care not to let it boil. Drink immediately or pour into a sterilized, glass jar or bottle, seal and leave in a cool place. The cocoa butter will solidify, this is quite normal. To serve, gently warm the bottle by putting it in a bowl of hot water. Serve at about body temperature in shot glasses. 

For those who need a bit of background information, William "Willie" George Harcourt-Cooze is a British-based chocolate maker and entrepreneur. We all first saw him in 2008 with the airing of the Channel 4 fly-on-the-wall documentary, Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory, which centred on his efforts to grow, import and produce his own chocolate. YUM! Get the choc here.