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Ponche

Name: Ponche
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cabo Verde
Ingredients: 200ml Grogue (or rum); 100g Honey; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 100ml Orange Juice; 1 Cinnamon stick

Dessert

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Sugarcane spirit mixed with honey and citrus — a sweet drink poured at Cabo Verde celebrations.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ponche is a traditional sweet drink based on grogue, Cabo Verde's sugarcane spirit, mixed with honey or cane syrup and lemon or orange juice. It's essential at weddings, holidays, and New Year's Eve. Spices and proportions vary by island and household, and families take pride in recipes handed down for generations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On New Year's Eve, families pour the ponche they've prepared and toast the new year together.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Grogue (or rum) 200ml
Honey 100g
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Orange Juice 100ml
Cinnamon stick 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Dissolve the honey in a little water in a pot over low heat.
Add lemon and orange juice and bring briefly to a simmer.
Turn off the heat and let it cool.
Stir in the spirit.
Bottle with a cinnamon stick; it tastes even better after resting a few days.

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