Champurrado

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 whole clove
• 1 pod star anise (optional)
• 4 1/4 cups milk
• 2 tablets mexican chocolate (such as chocolate ibarra®)
• 3/4 cup pinole (coarse ground maize flour)
• 1 pinch crushed piloncillo (mexican brown sugar cone), or more to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• bring water, cinnamon stick, clove, and star anise to a boil in a saucepan; remove from heat and allow spices to steep until water is fragrant, about 10 minutes. strain.
• heat milk, chocolate, and pinole in another saucepan over medium heat, whisking until chocolate is dissolved and liquid is thickened, about 10 minutes. remove from heat and add piloncillo; let rest until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes more. pour cinnamon water into chocolate mixture and stir to combine.