Christmas Fruit Punch

Name: Christmas Fruit Punch
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 1 kilo sugarcane; 5 apples; 5 pears; 10 guavas; 500 grams tejocote; 5 liters water; 200 grams tamarind pods; 200 grams prunes; 50 grams hibiscus flower; 2 cloves; 1 kilo piloncillo; 100 grams sugar; 2 sticks cinnamon

Melissa Veytia

The fruit punch beverage is a traditional preparation during the Christmas festivities. Perfect for the cold of the season. It has a delicious flavor from the different fruits it contains; basically, it involves cutting the fruit and boiling the preparation.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 28-11-2016

Preparation

20 mins

40 mins

Low

Peel the sugar cane and cut it into sticks. Remove the cores from the apples and slice them thinly, repeat the process with the pears. Cut the guavas and tejocotes into quarters. Heat the water in a pot, add the fruit, and boil for 20 minutes. Add the tamarind, prunes, hibiscus, cloves, piloncillo, sugar, and cinnamon, and heat until the fruit is cooked. Serve.