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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Ponche de Frutas - A Guatemalan Christmas Tradition

Ponche de Frutas is a traditional Christmas drink here in Guatemala. It's served warm and I'm thinking it must be like a cider. I haven't tried it, but I can hardly wait. My neighbor promised she'd show me how to make it. You know I'm so adding Ponche de Frutas to our list of favorite Christmas Traditions!

Ponche de frutas

Ingredientes
(Rinde 20 porciones)
• 5 litros de agua
• 1 piña grande de cáscara lisa
• 4 plátanos semi maduros
• 1 papaya pequeña
• 1 libra de manzana
• 1 raja de canela
• 1 onza de pimienta gorda
• 1 1/2 libra de azúcar
• 1 mamey sin semilla
• 8 onzas de pasas
• 8 onzas de ciruelas pasas
Preparación
Lava las frutas cuidadosamente, a la piña quítale la punta y pícala con un cuchillo, luego vacía en una olla llenada previamente con el agua fría.
Por aparte, corta en trocitos la papaya, el mamey y los plátanos. Introduce las cáscaras de piña y pon al fuego fuerte por 30 minutos.
A continuación extrae las cáscaras, incorpora la fruta picada y cuece por 45 minutos a fuego medio. Por último, añade las pasas y las ciruelas durante los últimos 10 minutos antes de servir. Si lo prefieres agrégale frutas secas o coco en cuadritos. Retira del fuego, añade azúcar al gusto y sirve.
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3 comments:

Vic Rauch said...

Hola:
I'm am coordinating a communitywide Day of the Dead celebration at our church in East Lansing.
I was given a package of frutas secas para poche exported by Alimentos Campestres. The recipe is in Spanish, and I'm not sure enough of my Spanish to be sure I'm following it perfectly. Also, I'm sure that 4 liters won't be enought to serve more than 250 people. Can you give me the basics in English, por favor, with suggestions for stretching it with more apples, piña and whatever else?
Muchas gracias.
- Vic Rauch

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