A comforting hot beverage for cold nights. This lime atole goes very well with tamales or by itself.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Servings: 4cups
Ingredients
5cupsof milkdivided
1green lime skinthis is the larger lime, that is shaped like a lemon, but green.
1/2 cupof sugar
4tablespoonsof cornstarch
optional green food coloring. Just in case you want your atole "greener," but it is certainly not necessary
Instructions
Combine 4 cups of milk, lime skin and sugar. Place on stove on high heat and move continuously until sugar is completely dissolved. Continue heating.
Meanwhile, in a separate cup, dissolve, by stirring with a spoon, 4 Tablespoon of cornstarch into 1 cup of cold milk until smooth.
When milk, lime, and sugar mixture on stove starts to simmer and rise, give a quick whisk to the cornstarch mixture and pour it into the simmering milk. Reduce temperature to medium-high and stir constantly for 5 minutes until desired consistency.
Let cool for about 10 minutes, strain and then serve immediately.
Course: Hot Beverages
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: How to make atole, how to make mexican atole