How to make chongos zamoranos?

Name: How to make chongos zamoranos?
Prep time: 140 min
Cook time: 120 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 1 cup whole milk; 3 cups sugar; 2 sticks cinnamon, for chongos and for decoration; 3 tablespoons piloncillo, grated; 2 limes, for juice

Yamilette González

Delicious and traditional chongos zamoranos dessert from Michoacán, a recipe from the colonial era created in the convents of Zamora, this rich dessert is made from curdled milk with a sweet touch of sugar, flavored with cinnamon. Prepare them with us; they are really great.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 21-01-2021

Preparation

20 mins

Low

Heat a pot with the milk, add the sugar, cinnamon, and piloncillo, heat enough without reaching boiling point so that all the ingredients release their aroma. Add the lemon juice, incorporate it into the mixture so that the milk curdles. In a small pot, cook the chongos until they take on an amber color; do not stir the chongos for 2 hours. Remove the chongos from the pot, strain, and serve with a bit of the liquid, accompanied by some cinnamon sticks.