Description
A traditional Mexican chocolate drink.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 whole clove
- 1 pod star anise (Optional)
- 4 ¼ cups milk
- 2 tablets Mexican chocolate (such as Chocolate Ibarra®)
- ¾ cup pinole (coarse ground maize flour)
- 1 pinch crushed piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar cone), or more to taste
Instructions
- Place water
- cinnamon stick
- clove
- and star anise in a saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow spices to steep until water is fragrant
- about 10 minutes; strain.
- Heat milk
- chocolate
- and pinole in a separate saucepan over medium heat
- whisking until chocolate is dissolved and liquid is thickened
- about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; add piloncillo and let rest until sugar is dissolved
- about 5 minutes more. Pour cinnamon water into chocolate mixture and stir to combine.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 12