Aztec-style Hot Chocolate Drink


Ingredients


1 cup skim milk
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon sugar


Directions

Simmer the milk under low heat, then add in the ingredients, melting
the chocolate. Continue simmering for about 15-20 minutes. Cool and
serve. This hot chocolate has a robust, slightly bitter, earthy flavor.

> wrote:

>1 cup skim milk
>1/4 cup chocolate chips
>1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
>1 teaspoon cinnamon
>1 teaspoon vanilla extract
>1 teaspoon sugar

You totally left out the hot chiles. That would seem essential
to Aztec-style chocolate!

Steve

Steve Pope wrote on 19 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> > wrote:
>
> >1 cup skim milk
> >1/4 cup chocolate chips
> >1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
> >1 teaspoon cinnamon
> >1 teaspoon vanilla extract
> >1 teaspoon sugar
>
> You totally left out the hot chiles. That would seem essential
> to Aztec-style chocolate!
>
> Steve
>

I don't think Aztecs had cows and finding skimed lama milk might be hard
these days. And nutmeg might be out too. So much for authenic.

Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
> Steve Pope wrote on 19 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking
>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >1 cup skim milk
> > >1/4 cup chocolate chips
> > >1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
> > >1 teaspoon cinnamon
> > >1 teaspoon vanilla extract
> > >1 teaspoon sugar
> >
> > You totally left out the hot chiles. That would seem essential
> > to Aztec-style chocolate!
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
> I don't think Aztecs had cows and finding skimed lama milk might be hard
> these days. And nutmeg might be out too. So much for authenic.

Not to mention chocolate chips. And he left out the ritual bloody
heart sacrifice.

--
Ht

Steve Pope wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>
>>1 cup skim milk
>>1/4 cup chocolate chips
>>1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
>>1 teaspoon cinnamon
>>1 teaspoon vanilla extract
>>1 teaspoon sugar
>
>
> You totally left out the hot chiles. That would seem essential
> to Aztec-style chocolate!
>
> Steve

And the chicken broth.
--
JL

wrote:
> Aztec-style Hot Chocolate Drink
>
> Ingredients
>
> 1 cup skim milk
> 1/4 cup chocolate chips
> 1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
> 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
> 1 teaspoon sugar
[snip]

There's also the Mexican hot chocolate called champurrado, which
includes masa harina. Quite nice on a cool day. -aem

aem wrote:

> wrote:
>
>>Aztec-style Hot Chocolate Drink
>>
>>Ingredients
>>
>>1 cup skim milk
>>1/4 cup chocolate chips
>>1 whole nutmeg seed (freshly ground)
>>1 teaspoon cinnamon
>>1 teaspoon vanilla extract
>>1 teaspoon sugar
>
> [snip]
>
> There's also the Mexican hot chocolate called champurrado, which
> includes masa harina. Quite nice on a cool day. -aem
>

And for a commercially available product look for a red and yellow
Mexican product called "Abulita" - Little Grandmother. And avoid the
Spanish version called "Ibara."
--
JL