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Mexican Hot Chocolate

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PREP TIME
5 min
COOKING TIME
15 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
SERVINGS
12 servings
Mexican
Mexican Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 whole clove
  • 1 pod star anise
  • 4 1/4 cups milk
  • 2 tablets Mexican chocolate (such as Chocolate Ibarra®)
  • 3/4 cup pinole (coarse ground maize flour)
  • 1 pinch crushed piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar cone), or more to taste
Instructions
1
Begin by placing the water, cinnamon stick, clove, and star anise in a saucepan over medium heat. As the mixture comes to a boil, carefully remove it from the heat source and let the spices infuse into the water for approximately 10 minutes, allowing the liquid to become fragrant. Next, strain the mixture to separate the solids from the liquid.
2
In a separate saucepan, combine milk, chocolate, and pinole over medium heat. Whisk the mixture constantly until the chocolate has fully dissolved and the liquid has thickened to your liking, taking around 10 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat source and let it rest for a few more minutes, allowing the piloncillo to dissolve into the mixture. This should take approximately 5 additional minutes.
3
Finally, pour the cinnamon-infused water into the chocolate mixture and stir to combine, bringing all the flavors together in perfect harmony.