PUMPKIN WHITE HOT CHOCOLATE

Hands-on time: 10 minutes Total time: 15 minutes Makes: 4 servings 125 g good-quality white chocolate (about 4½ oz) 3 cups milk ¾ cup Fresh Pumpkin Purée (see recipe, opposite) 1 cinnamon stick 1 tsp vanilla ¼ tsp ground ginger pinch nutmeg ½ cup mini marshmallows ¼ tsp ground cinnamon Finely chop 100 g (about 3½ oz) of the chocolate. Using vegetable peeler, shave remaining chocolate. Set aside. In saucepan, whisk milk with pumpkin purée until smooth. Stir in cinnamon stick, vanilla, ginger and nutmeg; heat over medium-low heat, whisking occasionally, until steaming and bubbles form around edge, 12 to 14 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick. Pour into blender; add chopped chocolate. With steam vent removed from blender lid, hold folded tea towel over vent and blend hot chocolate until smooth and frothy, about 1 minute. Pour into mugs; top with marshmallows, chocolate shavings and ground cinnamon.

PER SERVING: about 295 cal, 9 g pro, 14 g total fat ( 7 g sat. fat), 36 g carb (1 g dietary fibre, 32 g sugar), 16 mg chol, 118 mg sodium, 526 mg potassium. % RDI: 27% calcium, 4% iron, 20% vit A, 7% vit C, 8% folate. CHANGE IT U P

PUMPKIN HOT CHOCOLATE

Substitute good-quality milk chocolate for the white chocolate.