Hot chocolate
 

How to make Mexican hot chocolate. (my way)

there's a "from-scratch" recipe out there on the 'net which involves eggs, heavy cream, etc.; or, you can make it the way Mexicans do. With Mexican chocolate, like Abuelita That's not the only brand, but one of them. It comes in round tablets, with wedges pre-scored, and has the almonds, and the cinnamon, and the sugar, and all that stuff already in there.

Traditional chocolate is made with a molinillo, to make it frothy, though most people nowadays probably use a blender or a metal whisk.

Here's the way I make it (I use a metal whisk):

--Take a couple of wedges of the Mexican hot chocolate (you may have to hack at it with a cleaver--it gets kinda hard) and put it in a large glass measuring cup
--microwave (carefully) for 30 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes until the chocolate is softened
--pour a little milk (1/4 cup) into the cup and stir a bit; microwave a little more
--now you should have a softened chocolate and milk base; whisk in 2 or 3 cups milk; microwave until hot
--stir and drink.
Yum!

Sounds more complicated than it really is. But it's good.

ETA: maybe it doesn't have almonds. but I thought it did.

forty views and no comments. Well pshaw!

Awesome. I love Mexican hot chocolate. Total comfort food.

I've been drinking Aztec Spicy hot chocolate with cinnamon and cayenne.

Sorry chick - not possible for me to ever have this, so I decided not to clog up the thread.

D'oh!

you're allergic to chocolate?

No :)
Just can't see how I'll ever get my hands on Mexican chocolate.

whew! that's a relief!

Did you know you can order food on eBay? For instance, when Vegemite (sp?) was banned in the US. Or, when we couldn't find Yoshida's Sauce in local stores.

Vegemite is banned?

Some time back, it was. For some obscure, probably political, reason.

I can't, as I don't have a PayPal account (no credit or debit cards). US sellers won't take our Postal Orders and eBay treats International Money Orders as suspicious. I can only buy American goods if they are sold by UK traders.

Or else you have a friend here buy it and send it to you, as I did for a certain belt buckle and a friend in Norway.

It does require a certain level of trust that said friends will pay up but why would you call them friends if you don't trust them anyway?

I sometimes make hot chocolate by just putting the chocolate in the cup of milk and then zapping it in the microwave which is pretty similar to what you've posted here Cloud. It works just as well, and it's really simple. After it's nice and hot, you should try adding some amaretto. That's even yummier.

Oh, of course I'm not using mexican chocolate, but is there really that much difference? What's so special about mexican chocolate?

Oh good plan Batman.
I might try it with some Green & Black Organic chocolate. High cocoa content, dark, bitter chocolate.

For some reason that's how I imagine Mexican chocolate to be.

No Amaretto though. Bleurgh.
Now Cointreau might help me sleep...
Actually sod the choc, I'll just have a nightcap!

Well there's nothing wrong with just having the nightcap instead.

I like making my hot chocolate with white chocolate. Yummy. Actually, the best hot chocolate I had was in a town called Stanthorpe at a chocolate shop there. It was unusually thick and creamy and just so tasty. So anyway, I asked the lady at the counter what it was thickened with, and she told me it was potato starch they'd used. I was very surprised. So I've bought some potato starch and I'm going to try it out some day soon.