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Pour Me Some Ponche!

Pour Me Some Ponche!

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Do you ever make things in advance to try them out? You know, like try a recipe a few weeks in advance before a party. I’m a little crazy like that. Well I don’t know if you can call it crazy…. I like to think of it as uber prepared. That happened this past weekend. It had been a year since the last time I made ponche, I make it annually but like to change little things here and there each year.  I think the truth of the matter is I was looking for a reason to make ponche, and Walmart tempted  me further by having everything I needed to make it right there in the store. As I walked down the isles I filled my cart up with apples, prunes, raisins, sugar cane, and tamarindo. I told myself as I pushed the cart that I was gonna have my Christmas party / posada in a few weeks and I had to give my ponche recipe a spin. That was enough to convince me, as everyone knows you can not have a posada without a good pot of ponche. Next thing I knew I was home peeling my tamarindo pods and coring my apples. A few hours later my house smelled of Christmas…. the weather was cold outside and my hands warm wrapped around my gorgeous ponche.

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Ingredients for ponche:

  • 2 – gallons water
  • 15 – tamarindo pods (peeled and devein)
  • 18 – dried hibicus flowers
  • 4 – cinnamon sticks
  • 20 – tejocote
  • 5 – apples (cut in half and cored)
  • 15 – guavas
  • 1/2 – cup raisins
  • 20 – prunes (pitted)
  • 3 – piloncillo cones

Directions:

  1. Peel and devein tamarindo. _MG_0822
  2. Cut apples in half and core.
  3. Place all ingredients in a large pot over a high flame and bring to a boil. _MG_0841
  4. When the mixture starts to boil,  lower flame to low/simmer and cover with a lid.
  5. Cook for 3 hours. _MG_0936
  6. Remove from flame and serve hot. _MG_0950
  7. Enjoy!

Here is a little snippet of how to devein a tamarindo pod.

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