Ponche Navideño- Mexican Christmas Fruit Punch
Ponche Navideño- Mexican Christmas Fruit Punch is a gluten free and pescatarian beverage. This recipe serves 6 and costs $2.17 per serving. One serving contains 116 calories, 2g of protein, and 1g of fat. 43 people were impressed by this recipe. It is perfect for Christmas. This recipe from Zesty South Indian Kitchen requires brandy, cheese sticks, orange, and piloncillo. This recipe is typical of Mexican cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 75%, this dish is solid. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Ponche Navideño (Mexican Christmas Fruit Punch), Ponche - Chilean Cranberry Punch, and eggless christmas fruit cake, how to make christmas fruit cake.
Servings: 6
Preparation duration: 5 minutes
Cooking duration: 60 minutes
Ingredients:
1 ounce brandy or tequila per cup (optional)
1 (4-inch) sugarcane sticks, peeled and cut into small chunks
1 cinnamon sticks (Canella)
6 tejocotes or crab apples, left whole
2long tamarind pods, husk removed, and seeded or boil the entire pod to make removing easier
2 large guavas, peeled and cut into large bite-size chunks
1 orange, sliced
1 pear (of your choice), peeled, cored, and cut into small bite-size chunks
1 0.25 ounce of piloncillo, chopped or 2 tablespoon of dark brown sugar
4 pitted prunes
1/8 cup dark raisins
1 red apples (of your choice), peeled, cored, and cut into small bite-size chunks
5 cup water
Equipment:
pot
ladle
Cooking instruction summary:
In a large pot, over high heat, boil water, cinnamon stick, cloves, tamarind, and tejocotes. After it starts to boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 25minutes until the tejocotes are soft.Remove the tejocotes from the heat, peel, remove hard ends, cut in half, and deseed. Return them to the pot.Add guavas, apples, pears, sugar cane, prunes, orange slices, and piloncillo.Simmer for at least 30 minutes, stirring gently in between every 10 minutes. Ladle into cups, making sure each cup gets some chunks of fruit. I think you will get full flavored tasty drink only after set aside for overnight to sweep the flavors into the drink. Add brandy or tequila to each cup (optional).
Step by step:
1. In a large pot, over high heat, boil water, cinnamon stick, cloves, tamarind, and tejocotes. After it starts to boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 25minutes until the tejocotes are soft.
2. Remove the tejocotes from the heat, peel, remove hard ends, cut in half, and deseed. Return them to the pot.
3. Add guavas, apples, pears, sugar cane, prunes, orange slices, and piloncillo.Simmer for at least 30 minutes, stirring gently in between every 10 minutes. Ladle into cups, making sure each cup gets some chunks of fruit. I think you will get full flavored tasty drink only after set aside for overnight to sweep the flavors into the drink.
4. Add brandy or tequila to each cup (optional).
Nutrition Information:
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