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Step 4Grinding
This is where my recipe gets a little strange, all because of the fact that I'm working with a rather tiny mortar and pestle. In order to get all of my ingredients ground up, I proceeded thusly:
First, I ground up all the cocoa in batches of a few beans at a time in my mortar, transferring the results to a separate bowl so that I would have space to grind more. I didn't grind it super finely at this point, just got them mashed up enough to mix with the other ingredients. The result looks a bit like pale coffee grounds, and oddly, it kind of smells like it too.
I then ground up the peppers, and added them to the ground cocoa beans. Grinding the seeds is a pain. This takes some elbow grease.
I then added the cinnamon. If you're doing things the hard way, I guess you'd grind the cinnamon at this step too.
I gave the crushed up cocoa beans and spices a good mix.
First, I ground up all the cocoa in batches of a few beans at a time in my mortar, transferring the results to a separate bowl so that I would have space to grind more. I didn't grind it super finely at this point, just got them mashed up enough to mix with the other ingredients. The result looks a bit like pale coffee grounds, and oddly, it kind of smells like it too.
I then ground up the peppers, and added them to the ground cocoa beans. Grinding the seeds is a pain. This takes some elbow grease.
I then added the cinnamon. If you're doing things the hard way, I guess you'd grind the cinnamon at this step too.
I gave the crushed up cocoa beans and spices a good mix.
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