Chocolate Santafereno

A local favorite of rich hot chocolate served with a hunk of white cheese meant to be dunked into the mug.

Chocolate santafereno. It s an aromatic cocoa based drink taken hot and thick to comfort the spirit have a better mood and make the drinker happy. Prepared in milk flavored with cloves and cinnamon and whisked with a. El chocolate caliente es un elemento básico en casi todos los hogares colombianos a la hora del desayuno o la merienda. En mi familia como buenos paisas que somos.

It s available at many cafes and restaurants but an atmospheric spot to try it is la candelaria s quaint two story la puerta falsa calle 11 no. In my family as good paisas we drink this hot chocolate at breakfast with arepa and cheese and sometimes as a merienda an evening snack with colombian pastries or bread and cheese. Hot chocolate is a staple in almost every colombian home. Hot chocolate made its way to europe where it became a sweet fashionable thing to sip throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

Ingredients 4 cups water 8 tablespoons organic panela teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 cubes chocolate. If you like chocolate and cheese and who doesn t you will approve. It s pictured in this post s cover image how much it costs. The chocolate house in medellin serves one that s about 50 cheese 50 hot chocolate.

This delicious hot chocolate is an essential part of our breakfast routine and it s a favorite snack of nearly all families in the region. Santafereño chocolate with cheese is a recipe from the cundinamarca region of colombia more specifically from bogotá. In her book the south american table maria kijac writes that when. Chocolate santafereño is traditionally made with luker chocolate panela and served with queso blanco.

Like panela luker is a staple in most colombian pantries they ve been making high quality chocolate since 1906. Tampa fl 33618. Donation 25 per adult. December 8 2019 4 30 pm.

See spanish english translations with audio pronunciations examples and word by word explanations. This is the chocolate santafereño made with the recipe of yesteryear which has been recorded since the seventeenth century and still remains one of the typical drinks of bogotá. Around 6 500 to 8 000 cop 2 20 2 75 usd depending on where you get it from and whether it comes with any pastries on the side too.