Saturday, January 26, 2008

Ponche (Mexican Drink) recipe

INGREDIENTS:

hard crystal sugar
2-3 cinnamon sticks
4-5 pieces sugar cane
4 fresh tejocote
5-6 jamaica
3 guava
2 apples (green and red)
dry prunes
3 tamarindo
2 quarts water

(1) place half the crystal sugar cone and cinnamon sticks into boiling water until sugar is dissolved
(2) chop up all other ingredients except the prunes (note: you should peel the outer layer off the tamarindo)
(3) add all the ingredients into the boiling water
(4) bring temperature down low and simmer until the color goes out of the apples...about 1 to 2 hours
(5) enjoy!

it is traditional to enjoy Mexican Pnoche with a little tequila added

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