Warm up your holidays with Mexican Ponche Navideño. This warm, alcohol-free drink is a blend of pear and apple juices, fresh fruit slices and a hint of tamarind. Additionally, some Christmas spices are added for that cozy winter touch. Hope you like this recipe as much as I do!
Ponche Navideño
Hot Mexican Fruit Punch
Servings: 4
Adjust servings here:
Equipment
- cooking pot
Ingredients
- 1 liter pear juice
- 500 ml apple juice
- 1 pear
- 1 orange
- 1/2 apple
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste or use tamarind pods
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 15-20 cloves
- 10 cardamom pods
OPTIONAL
- 1 tbsp hibiscus syrup
Instructions
- Wash and cut the apple and pear into slices. Pinch the clove buds into the pear slices.
- Wash and cut the orange in half. Juice one half and cut the other half into small slices.
- Add the pear and apple juices to a pot. Add the orange juice to the pot. Add the chopped fruits to the pot. Additionally, add the tamarind paste, cinnamon and cardamom pods. OPTIONAL: Add hibiscus syrup.
- Warm everything over low-medium heat.
- Cover the pot with a lid and let it simmer on low temperature for 30 minutes.
- Serve warm with a few slices of pear or orange.
Enjoy!
