The Best Hot Chocolate Recipe?
The one made with Mexican chocolate. Chocolate has been drunk there since pre-Hispanic times, and with the conquest, it traveled to Europe and from there throughout the world.
The Legend
Quetzalcoatl gave the Toltecs cacao beans so that his people would be well-nourished and thus be studious, wise, artistic and artisan.
Quetzalcoatl stole the cacao tree from paradise where the gods lived and planted the small bush in Tula. After planting it, he asked Tláloc to send rain to the earth so that the plant could be nourished and grow.
Then he went to visit Xochiquetzal, goddess of love and beauty, and asked her to give the tree beautiful flowers. Over time, the plant flourished and produced cacao fruits.
This is the legend that is told about the origin of cocoa in Mexico.
Mexican Cocoa Drinks
There are many more cocoa drink recipes than you might think.
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Tascalate : A refreshing drink made with cocoa, corn or tortilla, annatto, cinnamon and sugar.
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Pozol : A fermented drink made from ground corn, banana leaves and cocoa, sweetened with cane sugar.
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Tejate : Traditional refreshing drink from Oaxaca prepared from sapote, roasted and ground corn, fermented cacao, cacao rosita and sugar.
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Tanchuca : Prepared with corn, anise, and chocolate. In some places, such as Sonora, it is prepared with wheat flour, cocoa, and panocha (raw sugar).
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Popo : Energy drink from southern Veracruz made from cocolmeca (plant), cacao, rice, cassava and chupipe root sweetened with sugar.
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Bupu : Traditional from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, it is prepared with white atole, cinnamon, cocoa, icacaloxúchitl petals and other flowers.
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Champurrado : Made with nixtamal paste or masa (nixtamalized corn flour), water and chocolate bars.
The Hot Chocolate Recipe
Mexican Hot Chocolate
The Best Chocolate
It comes from the state of Oaxaca. The city of Zacatecas produces excellent metate chocolate, or stone-ground chocolate. The chocolate is sold in bars called tablillas (tablets). It is sweetened with sugar and spiced with cinnamon. Mexican chocolate has a rustic, slightly grainy texture that isn't completely smooth in the cup. This isn't a flaw; it's meant to be that way. The texture is an integral part of the drink.
The two easiest brands to find are "Abuelita" and "Ibarra". The one you'll find in our Mexican grocery store is "Ibarra".
Preparation time : 15 min
Total Time : 15 min
Yield : 4 cups
Ingredients
- 1 bar of "Ibarra" chocolate
- 3 cups of milk
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preparation
- Pour the milk (or water) into a tall saucepan over very low heat.
- Add a bar of "Ibarra" chocolate cut into 4 pieces.
- When the chocolate begins to dissolve, mix with a whisk.
- Add the ground cinnamon and serve.
Hot chocolate is richer when made with milk. If you make it with water, the chocolate flavor will be stronger. Decorate each mug with a cinnamon stick and serve with a pastry.
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Ground cacao in Oaxaca
