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Equatoguinean Hot Chocolate

Name: Equatoguinean Hot Chocolate
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Equatorial Guinea
Ingredients: 100g Chocolate; 500ml Milk; 2 tbsp Sugar; 2 tsp Cornstarch; 1 Cinnamon stick

Dessert

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rich hot chocolate made with Bioko's cacao.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In the early 20th century, Bioko Island was one of the world's leading cacao producers, and remnants of cacao plantations still dot its forests. With Spanish influence too, thick, rich hot chocolate is drunk for breakfast and snacks.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a house on an old cacao plantation beside Bioko's forest, thick chocolate warmed in a pot is poured into cups.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chocolate 100g
Milk 500ml
Sugar 2 tbsp
Cornstarch 2 tsp
Cinnamon stick 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Chop the chocolate finely.
Warm 400ml milk with the cinnamon in a pot.
Add the chocolate and sugar and melt.
Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining milk, add, and mix.
Stir on low for 2–3 minutes until thick and pour into cups.

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