Colombian Hot Chocolate with Cheese

Name: Colombian Hot Chocolate with Cheese
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 100g Colombian drinking chocolate tablets; 2 cups milk; Fresh white cheese, cubed; Bread, for serving

Chocolate Santafereño/choh-koh-LAH-teh san-tah-feh-REN-yoh/

About this dish

Thick hot chocolate served with a piece of melting cheese dropped inside, a beloved breakfast tradition.

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Ingredients

🍫100g Colombian drinking chocolate tablets

🥛2 cups milk

🧀Fresh white cheese, cubed

🍞Bread, for serving

Method

Serves 4

Heat milk with the chocolate tablets, whisking until fully melted and frothy.

Pour into mugs.

Drop a cube of cheese into each mug just before serving.

Let the cheese soften slightly and eat with a spoon, or dip bread.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chocolate santafereño is a traditional Colombian breakfast drink, notable for the unusual but popular addition of melted cheese.

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