Tias Mexican Ponche As Made By Ellen Bennett Recipe By Tasty Recipes

HOT PUNCH: PONCHE

Steps:

• In a large pot, place the fruit, sugar, cinnamon, and 8 cups of water. Bring to a boil and lower heat and simmer for 1 hour. Serve hot in a mug that has a shot of tequila in it.

TIA'S MEXICAN PONCHE AS MADE BY ELLEN BENNETT RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a medium pot, bring the water to a rolling boil over high heat. Add the star anise, cinnamon, piloncillo, and salt and stir to dissolve the salt and piloncillo. Add the raisins, apples, sugar cane, guavas, and tejocote. Boil for 5-6 minutes, then remove the pot from the heat.
• Cover the pot and steep for about 30 minutes, until the flavors have melded.
• Return the mixture to a boil. Add the apple juice and stir to combine. Adjust the sweetness and apple flavor by adding more apple juice or piloncillo, if needed.
• Serve warm.
• Enjoy!

PONCHE MEXICANO

Steps:

• Halve all the fruit and place in a pot of water with the sugarcane and cinnamon. Bring to a boil and simmer until fruit is softened. In the event of not getting entirely ripened fruit, add sugar to water. Strain this mixture into a bowl and let cool. To garnish the drink, slice some apple and orange and sprinkle with cinnamon powder or use a cinnamon stick to stir.

PONCHE

Steps:

• Combine 2 quarts water and the tejocotes in a large stockpot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the tejocotes start to soften, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the tejocotes to a medium bowl and let cool. Reserve the cooking liquid. When the tejocotes are cool to the touch, remove and discard the skins, stems and pits and tear the fruit in half with your hands. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, add the hibiscus flowers to the reserved cooking liquid and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the flowers and discard or save for another use, such as a second infusion for a jamaica agua fresca.
• Add the tejocotes, piloncillo, prunes, raisins, tamarind, guavas, sugarcane, apples, dates, cinnamon and vanilla, if using, to the pot. Lower the heat and gently simmer until the fruit is softened and the mixture is reduced slightly, about 30 minutes.
• Pour the hot ponche into mugs, scoop some fruit into each and garnish with a cinnamon stick and chopped pecans. Serve with spoons.

MEXICAN CHRISTMAS PUNCH (PONCHE NAVIDENO)

Steps:

• Stud each orange with 6 whole cloves, using the pointed ends of the cloves to pierce the skin. Cut oranges into wedges. Reserve 12 wedges for garnish. Cut some slits into each hawthorn.
• Bring water, hibiscus petals, and cinnamon sticks to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until water is a deep pink color, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove hibiscus petals but leave cinnamon sticks in the water to infuse further. Stir in orange wedges, hawthorns, apples, sugar cane, pear, and brown sugar. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 30 minutes.
• Ladle the punch into 12 mugs, making sure each mug gets some slices of fruit. Add 1 fluid ounce rum to each mug to give the punch an extra kick. Garnish mugs with reserved orange slices.

CILANTRO RICE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, add the rice, bay leaves, and water and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Once boiling, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 18 minutes.
• Remove the lid, fluff the rice with a fork, and cover. Let rest and absorb any steam for 10 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaves, then add the lime juice, lemon juice, salt, and cilantro. Stir to combine.
• Enjoy!

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY GOLDEN MILK RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Add the almond milk to a small pot over medium heat.
• Add the turmeric, ginger, peppercorns, cinnamon stick, star anise, and cloves. Whisk to combine.
• Heat the milk for 4-5 minutes, until steaming, but do not let it come to a boil.
• Serve warm or over ice and sweeten to taste.
• Enjoy!