Atole De Fresa

Atole De Fresa is a delicious and warming beverage made with strawberries, sugar, cinnamon. milk, and cornstarch. This creamy and sweet drink is a popular choice in Mexico, especially during the cooler months.

Course Drinks

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings cups

Calories 175kcal

Author Ana Frias

Ingredients

2 cups fresh strawberries (or frozen) (about 200g) Cleaned, stems removed and quartered.
⅓ cup white sugar
1 small cinnamon stick
¼ liter water, divided
2 cups milk (16 ounces)
2 Tablespoons Maizena (Cornstarch) (23 grams)
1 can evaporated milk (180 grams)
⅛ teaspoon baking soda (just a pinch)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Couple drops of red food coloring (optional)

Instructions

In a small pot, add the strawberries, ½ cup water, sugar and cinnamon.
Cook over medium-high heat for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. About 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining of the water. Set aside.
In a separate medium pot, add the milk, evaporated milk, baking soda. Heat over medium heat and mix to integrate without bringing it to a boil. Just enough to warm it up. (Stir once in a while to prevent the milk to sticking to the bottom of the pot).

Puree

Remove the cinnamon from the strawberries and set aside. To a blender, add the cooled strawberries with all of the juices. Puree for a couple of minutes.
Add the strawberries to the pot with the milk and whisk to integrate. Add the cinnamon stick and vanilla extract into the pot as well. Whisk the cornstarch mix and add to the strawberry and milk mixture slowly while whisking the ingredients.
Lower heat to medium-low and cook for about 15 minutes while stirring or whisking most of the entire time.

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