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Atole




The drink typically includes Masa (corn meal), water, Piloncillo , cinnamon, vanilla and optional chocolate or fruit. The mixture is blended and heated before serving. Atole can also be prepared with Rice Flour in place of masa. There is also a variation using pinole (Toasted and lightly sweetened corn meal). Atole is one of the traditional drinks of the Mexican holiday Day Of The Dead .

In New Mexico , blue corn atole is finely ground cornmeal toasted for cooking, consumed as a grainy porridge-style drink served warm, usually sweetened with sugar and/or thinned with milk. It is usually served at breakfast like cream of wheat or oatmeal.


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