Hipster Champurrado

I just made something wonderful and I'm calling it Hipster Champurrado - or you can call it Vescent Champurrado. I was making homemade Almond Milk and it was really thick and creamy. I've been on a hot chocolate kick recently. I've also gotten into ordering coffee drinks with a combination of Almond and Whole Milk (it's delicious!).

So as I was blending away at this latest batch of home made almond milk, I thought, why don't I try making an almond milk version of Champurrado. Champurrado is a hot chocolate drink made with Masa. Here's a my recipe

Vescent Champurrado + Fresh Almond Milk

• 1 1/4 cup almonds (soaked for 2 days)
• 5 Dates
• 1/2 a whole vanilla bean
• 2ish cups water
•  1 1/2 tsp Dutch Cocoa
• Sprinkle of Cinnamon

Making the Almond Milk

• Soak the Almonds overnight - or 2 nights
• Put in Blender
• Add 2ish cups of water
• Add 5 dates (remove the pits)
• Add 1/2 vanilla bean
• Blend, blend, blend, liquify, liquify, liquify. The liquid should be thick and soupy

Take 2/3 of the blended almond mixture and pour into a nut bag/cheese cloth/strain through a sieve. Squeeze the liquid out of this mixture. You should get about a cup or so of fresh, delicious almond milk. Set aside and drink later.

You can save the almond meal for more Vescent Champurrado later.

Vescent Champurrado

• Take the remaining almond milk mixture (almonds blended with water, dates and vanilla bean)
• Add 1 1/2 tsp of cocoa powder to the blender
• Blend, blend blend again, until it's all chocolately yum.
• Pour into a glass, top with a sprinkling of cinnamon

If I had a microwave I'd have warmed it up. But I drank it cold and it was delicious.

You can likely take the entire Almond Milk Recipe above, add 5 tsp of cocoa, blend it, then heat it on the stove for some amazing Vescent Champurrado. I think I'll try that next time.

Tags: Almond Milk Champurrado, Vegan Champurrado

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