• Yield: Makes 4 servings

  • Time: 5 minutes prep, 5 minutes cooking, 10 minutes total


Notes from Ruth Alegria: Mexican chocolate is composed of bitter chocolate, sugar, cinnamon (soft bark) and almonds. Well-known brands available in the United States are Ibarra and Abuelita.

 

In some places like Oaxaca the chocolate is sold as an artisanal product. This means you walk into a molino (mill) where they grind the cocoa beans together with your favorite ingredients in the ratio you specify. The mix emerges still hot from the grinding and is a super sensory shock if you have never tasted hot ground cocoa.

 

Ingredients
 

  • 4 cups water or milk

  • 240 grams of Mexican-style chocolate, crumbled (a meat mallet works well)

Instructions


Heat water or milk. Add crumbled chocolate and stir vigorously with a molinillo until the chocolate melts and the mixture becomes foamy. Remove from the heat and serve hot.


A molinillo is a wooden beater with a round grooved end beneath several loose rings.


Recipe courtesy of Ricardo Muñoz and translated by Ruth Alegria