Ponche Navideño
Mexico's warm Christmas fruit punch.
LevelEasy
MethodHeat
GlassMug
Serves8
Ingredients
- 2000 mlWater
- 4 tbspJaggery
- 2Cinnamon stick
- 1Apple
- 1Orange
- 250 mlGuava juice
- 15 gHibiscusDried hibiscus flowers, sold as 'sorrel', 'bissap' or 'gudhal'.
- 200 mlWhite rum (optional)
Plus ice.
Bar tools
- Jigger
- Saucepan
No bar kit? A jar with a lid works as a shaker, and 1 tablespoon is 15 ml.
How to make a Ponche Navideño
- Boil the water with the jaggery, cinnamon and hibiscus for 10 minutes. Strain out the hibiscus.
- Chop the apple and orange and add them with the guava juice.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the rum if you want a grown-up version.
Garnish: Fruit pieces in each mug