Ponche Navideño Recipe
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Ponche Navideño Recipe
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Ponche Navideño is a hot punch served with or without alcohol during the holiday season and most generally during Las Posadas. On those chilly nights, this warm and fragrant infusion warms you from the inside out.
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Ingredients
- 4 quarts water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 8 whole cloves
- 5 long tamarind pods husk removed, and seeded or boil the entire pod to make removing easier
- ½ pound tejocotes or crab apples left whole
- 6 large guavas peeled and cut into large bite-size chunks
- 2 red apples of your choice, peeled, cored, and cut into small bite-size chunks
- 1 pear of your choice, peeled, cored, and cut into small bite-size chunks
- 2 4-inch sugarcane sticks peeled and cut into small chunks
- 1 cup pitted prunes
- 1/2 cup dark raisins
- 1 orange sliced
- 1 cone piloncillo chopped or 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 ounce brandy or tequila per cup optional
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Instructions
- In a large pot, over high heat, boil water, cinnamon sticks, cloves, tamarind, and tejocotes. After it starts to boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes 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. Discard cinnamon sticks and cloves.
- Ladle into cups, making sure each cup gets some chunks of fruit.
- Add brandy or tequila to each cup (optional).
Notes
- If you are unable to find fresh sugarcane at your local store you can even purchase a jar containing some of unique ingredients like tejocotes, guavas, and sugarcane: Ponche Navideño en Almibar (Fruit Punch in Syrup).
- Tamarindo pods can be purchased online, if you are unable to find them locally at a store. Or, you can replace with a handful of hibiscus flowers to give the punch a beautiful crimson color.
- If you are unable to find tejocotes, add one extra apple.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
72kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
17g
(6%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
12mg
(1%)
Potassium
245mg
(7%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
252IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
63mg
(70%)
Calcium
24mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 72 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 72kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 12mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 245mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 252IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 63mg | 70% |
| Calcium | 24mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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