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tejate in green bowl

Tejate : Mexican Cacao Drink


  • Prep Time: 10 hours
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 11 hours
  • Yield: 20 servings 1x

Description

You should probably just go to Oaxaca to make this. Otherwise you have to bring the ingredients from Oaxaca.

Tools: large clay pot


Ingredients

Scale
  • 250 grams of dried white corn
  • 25 grams roasted, peeled cacao beans
  • 2 mamey seeds, toasted and smashed
  • 20 grams of florecita de cacao- lightly toast these
  • Ice
  • Sugar to taste

 


Instructions

  1. Boil your dried corn with ash or lime to nixtamalize it. Then wash and make a masa.
  2. Grind the cacao, mamey seeds, and florecita de cacao in a molino or metate until it becomes a paste then add this to the corn masa. 
  3. Once you have massaged all the ingredients together, it is time to start adding a bit of cold water at a time. Only adding the next amount of water when the mix looks homogenous. Do this until it reaches the consistency you see in the images.
  4. Add ice and sugar and serve.
  • Category: cacao drinks
  • Method: toast and blend

Keywords: tejate, oaxaca, cacao drinks, Mexican chocolate drinks