World Flavors Cookbook

Chocolate Santafereño con Queso

Bogotá-style hot chocolate with melted white cheese — the Colombian tradition of dipping cheese into hot chocolate and eating it as it melts.

Cuisine: Colombia

Ingredients

• 2 tablets of Colombian chocolate (or 40g dark chocolate + 1 tsp sugar)
• 500ml whole milk
• 100g queso blanco or queso campesino, cubed
• Cinnamon stick

Instructions

1. Heat milk with cinnamon stick.
2. Add chocolate tablets. Stir until melted.
3. Use a molinillo (wooden whisk) or regular whisk to froth.
4. Pour into mugs.
5. Drop cheese cubes directly into the hot chocolate.
6. Eat the melted cheese with a spoon.