What's in a Puff of Steel?
1 cup of heavy cream
2 cups of whole milk
3 cups of sugar
1/4 cup of unsalted butter
1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper (optional)
A pinch of steel
For the steel, we're talking about the kind of steel that's forged in the depths of the earth, tempered in the fires of a thousand suns, and sharpened to a razor's edge. If you don't have any steel on hand, you can substitute with a pinch of disappointment.
Now that we've got our ingredients, let's talk about the method: