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Sweet ripe mamey, dark cacao, cold creamy milk and cinnamon blend into a silky orange-chocolate licuado that tastes halfway between tropical fruit and dessert. 🧡🍫

Ingredients

• Mamey base 🧡
• 🧡 600 g ripe mamey sapote flesh, seed removed (1.3 lb)
• 🥛 450 ml very cold whole milk (1¾ cups + 2 tbsp / 15 fl oz) dairy
• 🥫 180 ml evaporated milk (¾ cup / 6 fl oz) dairy
• 🧊 180 g ice cubes (about 1½ cups / 6.3 oz)
• Cacao flavor 🍫
• 🍫 25 g unsweetened cacao powder (¼ cup / 0.9 oz)
• 🍯 30 g piloncillo, finely grated, or brown sugar (2 tbsp / 1 oz)
• 🌼 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• 🌿 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 🧂 1 small pinch fine sea salt
• To finish ✨
• 🍫 Cacao powder
• 🌿 Ground cinnamon
• 🧡 Small cubes of ripe mamey
• 🍫 Cacao nibs, optional
• 🧊 Extra ice, optional

Preparation

• 1 Choose ripe mamey 🧡 Use mamey that yields slightly when pressed and has deep salmon-orange flesh. Underripe mamey is firmer, less fragrant and noticeably less sweet.
• 2 Prepare the fruit 🔪 Cut the mamey lengthwise. Remove the large glossy seed and scrape away any thin membrane surrounding it. Scoop out the flesh and cut into chunks.
• 3 Chill the glasses ❄️ Place the serving glasses in the refrigerator or freezer while preparing the licuado. Cold glasses help keep the drink thick and frosty.
• 4 Start with the milk 🥛 Pour the whole milk and evaporated milk into the blender. Add vanilla, cinnamon, salt and grated piloncillo. Blend for about 15 seconds so the sweetener begins dissolving.
• 5 Add the cacao 🍫 Add the unsweetened cacao powder. Blend again briefly until no dry cacao remains on the surface.
• 6 Add the mamey 🧡 Add the ripe mamey flesh. Blend for 30–45 seconds until completely smooth and the drink becomes thick, silky and orange-brown.
• 7 Add the ice 🧊 Add the ice cubes. Blend for another 30 seconds until cold and lightly frothy.
• 8 Adjust the texture 🥤 If the licuado is too thick, add cold milk 30 ml at a time. If it is too thin, add several more mamey cubes or ice cubes and blend briefly.
• 9 Balance the flavor ✨ Taste the licuado. Add a little extra cacao for deeper chocolate flavor or another teaspoon of piloncillo if the fruit is not especially sweet.
• 10 Prepare the finish 🍫 Remove the chilled glasses. Dust the inside rim very lightly with cacao and cinnamon if desired.
• 11 Pour and serve 🧡 Pour the licuado immediately into the chilled glasses. Finish with a tiny dusting of cacao, cinnamon, several small mamey cubes and optional cacao nibs. Serve immediately.

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