Ponche Navideño Explained
Ponche Navideño |
Type: | Punch |
Name Lang: | Spanish |
Main Ingredient: | Tejocotes, pilloncillo, cinnamon, seasonal fruits |
Course: | Drink |
Served: | Warm or hot |
Ponche Navideño is a Mexican Christmas punch[1] that is customarily served during Christmastime and Las Posadas in Mexico and other Latin American countries.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Origin
According to Kenya Dworkin, professor of Hispanic studies at Carnegie Mellon University, Ponche Navideño originated in India.
Ingredients, preparation, and serving
The traditional ingredients are tejocotes, pilloncillo (raw sugar cane), and cinnamon. The fruits of guava, tamarind, raisins, prunes, and oranges are common additions. Ponche Navideño is served hot or warm, and may be garnished with a stick of sugar cane.[7] When a shot of alcohol (popularly rum) is added to the punch, it is called ponche con piqueto ("punch with a sting").[8]
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Notes and References
- Book: Faithful celebrations: making time for God from Advent through Epiphany . 2018 . Church Publishing . 978-0-89869-048-4 . Pearson . Sharon Ely . New York, NY . 95.
- Book: Long-Solís . Janet . Food Culture in Mexico . Towell Long . Long . Vargas . Luis A. . January 30, 2005 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 9780313062308 . 152.
- Web site: Brown . Shaylah . 2023-12-22 . Ponche Navideño is a warm Latin American Christmas drink . 2024-04-02 . TribLIVE.com . en-US.
- Web site: Ewbank . Anne . 2020-12-21 . This Christmas Punch Requires a Formerly Forbidden Fruit . 2024-04-02 . Atlas Obscura . en.
- Web site: It's Not Christmas in Mexico Without 9 Days of Ponche Navideño . 2024-04-02 . Matador Network . en-US.
- Web site: Juarez . Andrea . Get Festive with a Punch Like No Other . 2024-04-02 . North Coast Journal . en.
- Book: Gray . Andrea Lawson . Celebraciones Mexicanas: history, traditions, and recipes . Almazan Lahl . Adriana . 2013 . AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-7591-2281-9 . Studies in food and gastronomy . Lanham.
- Book: Celebration: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery 2011 . Prospect Books . 2012 . 9781903018897 . McWilliams . Mark.