Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix

By zircon50

Serves 2

Ingredients

• NOTES:
• 2 cups of cold milk
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoon of ground almonds
• 1 1/2 tablespoon of ground pecans
• 1/2 About 1/2 inch of cinnamon stick or 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons of Sugar (or more to suit your own taste)
• Try to use roasted or toasted almonds if possible. If you don’t find pecans and can only find almonds, that’s fine.
• A fine quality cocoa powder will be a plus in taste. Play around with the ingredients until you find your own favorite mix.

Preparation

Step 1

Note: You can grind nuts using a spice grinder. You can also use a powerful blender like a Vitamix, then mix all the ingredients with the cold milk in the blender until everything is well grinded.

1. Place dry ingredients (ground pecans, almonds and cinnamon) along with the cocoa powder and sugar in a small bowl and mix well.

2. Once you have your dry mix, place in a small saucepan with the cold milk and vanilla. Mix thoroughly with the cold milk to avoid forming any clumps, this is very important since the almond and pecans slightly thicken the mix.

3. Now, place the saucepan over a low heat and simmer, whisking constantly until it starts to boil. You can use the molinillo or an immersion blender to form the foam.

Serve warm.