Friday, December 24, 2010

Homemade "Ponche"

Ingredients for 2 0.75 lt bottles
10 egg yolks
2 cans of evaporated milk
2 cans of condensed sweet milk
4 Tsp. of vanilla extract
1 lemon peel
1 ½ - 2 cups of Ron de Venezuela Santa Teresa AƱejo


Boil the bottles to sterilize them. Keep them in the hot water so they don’t crack while pouring the hot punch.

In a pot, with an immersion blender, blend the egg yolks until they are creamy, for about 3 minutes.

Add the evaporated milk, the condensed milk and the vanilla extract. Keep processing until you have a smooth emulsion, about 3 minutes.

Add the lemon peel and cook this mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly and being careful it doesn't boil.  This process can take up to 20 minutes.

Just before reaching the boiling point, turn off the heat, discard the lemon peel and the rum. Blend again and bottle.

Let the bottles cool down and refrigerate overnight. 


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