Mexican Champurrado Hot Chocolate Recipe
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Mexican Champurrado Hot Chocolate Recipe
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A spiced thick Mexican hot cocoa to enoy during those cold winter days.
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Ingredients
- 8 Cups water
- ½ Cup brown sugar *see Notes
- 1 cinnamon stick *see Notes
- 2 cloves whole (optional)
- 2 Tablets Dark Cacao Chocolate Unsweetened *see Notes
- ¾ Cup corn starch *see Notes
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Instructions
- Pour ⅔ of the total water quantity into a pot and heat it up over the stovetop. Keep on a medium-high heat setting.
- Stir in sugar and throw in whole spices. Allow the sugar to melt in completely and leave to infuse for about 10 mins.
- Add the chocolate tablets. Simmer, stir occassionaly so that the chocolate melts in.
- In the meanwhile combine the remaining ⅓ of your water with the cornflour to a smooth consistency. There should be no lumps.
- Stir the cornflour water blend into the dissolved chocolate and whisk it quickly in over a slow heat setting.
- Increase the stove heat to a medium flame and allow your hot chocolate to thicken and heat up. Stir occasionally.
- Pick out your whole spices before you serve it hot in small cups.
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Notes
- Recipe adapted from The Mexican Home Kitchen by Mely Martinez.
- I didn't have piloncillo or another cane sugar, so I used brown sugar. If you use cane sugar, use about 5 ounces/ 140 grams piloncillo.
- Mely recommends using a Mexican cinnamon stick.
- Mely recommends using Mexican chocolate tablets. I used regular dark cooking chocolate tablets with at least 50% chocolate content.
- I used maizena cornflour but if you can get masa harina, use that instead.
- Optionally you can also add orange skin (untreated without pesticide) to infuse your hot chocolate.
- Mely also mentions in her book that you can switch the water with milk or use half water and half milk.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
100kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
17mg
(1%)
Potassium
18mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Calcium
23mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 100 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 100kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 17mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 18mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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