drinks in spain
Chocolate is a staple food in Mexico and the Aztecs used both as currency and food. It is used to combine with seeds, honey, spices and nuts for making beverages delicious enjoyed by nobles and used in rituals by the Aztec priests. Chocolate can be traced further back, the time of the Maya.
Spanish explorers took the chocolate to Spain with them and became the official drink of the king. By the late nineteenth century, hot chocolate made with sugar and milk mixture in Europe and became the chocolate we know and love today.
Before then, the hot chocolate was more like a drink bitter instead of sweet. A great many porcelain manufacturers at the time began to make special ranges for cups and pots of hot chocolate just because of their popularity.
Mexican Chocolate Drink
The chocolate is used in Mexican dessert recipes, but also used for a variety beverages. Since Mexican chocolate drinks are so thick and sweet, you can count on the desserts.
A wooden beater called a grinder is used often to skim Mexican hot chocolate drinks like champurrado and the tricks. A cold chocolate drink called tejate is a specialty in the region of Oaxaca and the drink frothy flowers is a combination of cocoa, dark chocolate and corn dough.
Mole is a Mexican sauce that contains tasty nuts, pepper, tomato, chocolate, spices and garlic. Only a small amount of black, bitter chocolate is used to make the mole sauce and served with chicken or turkey. Chocolate mousse, chocolate pudding and souffle chocolate, are other examples of Mexican desserts with chocolate as an ingredient.
The recipe for Mexican chocolate soup
This delicious and unusual dessert recipe is called "chocolate soup" in Mexico and clearly reflects the French influence on Mexican cuisine. A lot of Mexican recipes have French, Portuguese, Indian, Spanish or Caribbean touches and Mexican food is a combination of many cuisines. This dessert recipe serves four people Mexico.
What you need:
- 2 oz grated chocolate Mexico
- 1 / 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 1 / 4 cups sugar
- 1 1 / 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
How to do:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook 1 / 4 cup sugar with the milk gently in a saucepan over low heat. Separate eggs and beat yolks with 1 / 4 cup sugar. Pour the egg yolk into the milk and keep cooking, stirring all the time, until mixture is thickened. Do not boil.
Stir in chocolate until mixture is smooth. Let cool and divide between four serving plates. Beat the egg whites with sugar until soft peaks, and divide the mixture among four cups of cream. Place in a pan with an inch of water in it and bake until the meringue is cooked and gold.
Add a meringue to each serving plates and sprinkle with almonds. One scoop of Vanilla Ice cream also a good garnish of these desserts for Mexicans.
Both sweet and savory Mexican recipes can feature Mexican chocolate to enhance the flavor. Mexican chocolate ranges from bitter, dark and unspiced to cinnamon and even chili varieties. Vanilla, cinnamon and fruit are also popular ingredients in delicious Mexican desserts and a lot of these desserts are really easy to make.
MexicanDessertRecipes.net The Sweet Side of Mexican Food
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