From Encanto · 2021 · Pairing

Colombian Hot Chocolate

Name: Colombian Hot Chocolate
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 3 cups whole milk (or water, or a mix); 4 oz Colombian chocolate tablets, or good dark chocolate; Panela or brown sugar, to taste; A small piece of fresh mild cheese per cup (queso campesino or mozzarella)

Before you start

Whisk it frothy just before pouring, with the cheese cubes already cut — have it ready alongside the arepas and buñuelos before the movie starts.

Cook-along start: before the movie

What to drink

The drink that belongs beside Julieta's buñuelos and arepas is chocolate santafereño — Colombian hot chocolate whisked frothy with a molinillo and, in the classic move, served with a piece of soft cheese dropped right into the cup to melt. It's the everyday morning ritual of the world Encanto is set in, and the sweet-savory cheese trick is worth the leap of faith.

Ingredients

3 cups whole milk (or water, or a mix)
4 oz Colombian chocolate tablets, or good dark chocolate
Panela or brown sugar, to taste
A small piece of fresh mild cheese per cup (queso campesino or mozzarella)

Method

Warm the milk and melt in the chocolate and panela, whisking hard — a molinillo or a whisk works — until thick and foamy on top.
Drop a small cube of soft cheese into the bottom of each mug.
Pour the hot chocolate over and let the cheese soften and go stretchy.
Drink, then fish out the warm, chocolate-soaked cheese with a spoon — that's the whole point.

Beyond the recipe

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