Homemade Ponche or Coctel de Frutas (Fruit Punch)
Fruit punch is a classic of Dominican children's birthdays. Here we present you a reinvented version, as well as an option to serve to grownups.
Servings 12 servings
Calories 192kcal
Ingredients
- 2 qrt fresh passionfruit juice [2 lt] or orange juice
Pick four (or more) of these fruits:
- 4 bananas sliced
- 1 apple diced
- 1 cup cherries pitted and halved
- 1 cup pineapple diced
- 1 cup of mango diced
- strawberries diced
- 1 cup of pear diced
- ½ cup Brown sugar or sweetener of your choice, or to taste
For the grownup version
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 cup white rum or vodka
Instructions
1. Fruit punch for kids
- Combine passionfruit and fruits. Add sugar or sweetener, stir, and add more to taste if you find it necessary. Chill before serving.
2. Fruit punch for grownups
- Mix the rum, lime juice and fruits (not the bananas, as they will blacken). Let it rest for two hours in the fridge.Remove the fruit from the rum mix. Spread on a baking tray and freeze. Mix the rum and lime mix with the passion fruit juice sweetened to taste and chill. Add the frozen fruits right before serving. Scoop the fruit into highball glasses and pour the juice over them.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 309mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 233IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg
