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Canelazo

Canelazo/kah-neh-LAH-soh/
Canelazo
About this dish

A warm cinnamon and sugarcane liquor drink, popular in the Andean highlands.

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Ingredients
🌿4 cinnamon sticks
🍬1/2 cup panela (unrefined sugar)
🍋2 limes, juiced
🥃1 cup aguardiente (sugarcane liquor)
Method
Serves 2
1
Simmer water with cinnamon sticks and panela until fragrant and slightly reduced.
2
Add lime juice and stir until the sugar dissolves.
3
Remove from heat and stir in the aguardiente.
4
Serve hot in mugs.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Canelazo is a traditional warm Ecuadorian drink, commonly enjoyed in the cold Andean climate.

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