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Chocolate Atole

Chocolate Atole Recipe


  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 15 servings

Description

The most precious cacao drink in Oaxaca, almost impossible to make if you are not from Oaxaca. 


Ingredients

FOR THE FOAM:
1 cup of cacao beans
1/2 cup of fermented balam/bicolor/pataxte beans
1/2 uncooked rice
1/2 wheat berries
1 tablespoon of Mexican cinnamon (ceylon)

FOR THE ATOLE:
1lb of dried corn (maize)
2-4 cups of water
sugar to taste


Instructions

FOR THE FOAM:

  1. Toast the cacao and the balam, set aside and allow to cool to remove the husks.
  2. Toast the rice on low heat until it become light brown, let cool then grind in a spice grinder or on your metate.
  3. Grind the wheat berries to the same fine consistency as the rice.
  4. Blend all ingredients until it forms a paste, best is to pass through a molino or metate but a food processor will also work.
  5. Add a bit of water at a time until a soft paste is formed.
  6. Place the paste in a bowl and add about 2 cups of cold water, mix with a molinillo until you develop a lot of froth. Watch this video for a visual of the process

FOR THE ATOLE:

  1. Boil the corn in the water and once it is soft, liquefy, strain, and continue to boil with the sugar until it becomes thick like a porridge or atole. 
  • Category: cacao drinks
  • Method: grind, boil, whisk

Keywords: chocolateatole, chocolate, atole, oaxaca, cacao drinks, bebidas de cacao, metate, molinillo