Atole de Avena with Ponche Fruit Syrup

Name: Atole de Avena with Ponche Fruit Syrup
Yield: Makes 10 Servings
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: ¾ cup (90 g) yellow masa harina, preferably Masienda brand; 6 cups (1.4 L) whole milk; 3 cups (270 g) rolled oats, instant or old fashioned (do not use steel-cut oats); 3 cups (270 g) rolled oats, instant or old fashioned (do not use steel-cut oats); 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches/7.5 cm); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, or seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean; 2 cups (480 ml) heavy cream; 4 ounces (115 g) grated piloncillo; 3 cinnamon sticks; 1 large or 2 medium piloncillo cones (about 12 ounces/340 g), or 1½ cups (330 g) packed light brown sugar; 1 cup (40 g) dried hibiscus flowers; 20 tamarind pods (3½ ounces/100 g), cracked open; Pinch of kosher salt; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, or seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean; 1 large or 2 medium piloncillo cones (about 12 ounces/340 g), or 1½ cups (330 g) packed light brown sugar; 8 tejocotes, fresh, frozen, or canned; 1½ cups (195 g) pitted prunes; 2 small pears, cored and cut into bite-size pieces; Ground cinnamon, for dusting; ¾ cup (110 g) raisins; 2 whole cloves; 1 star anise; 3 small yellow apples, cored and cut into bite-size pieces; 4 to 6 guavas, cut into bite-size pieces

Preparation info

Makes
10
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Convivir

By Rogelio Garcia

Published 2024

About

Ponche (punch) just isn’t ponche without tejocotes. Tejocotes, the fruits of the Mexican hawthorn, resemble crab apples. Native to the mountainous regions of Mexico and Guatemala, the fruits have a sweet-sour flavor and are orange to golden yellow. If you live in an area with a large Mexican population, you may be able to locate fresh tejocotes during the Christmas holiday season. Otherwise, look for the fruits jarred or canned in Latin American markets. Here, the popular holiday punch is r

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Americas
Mexico
ice cream
Vegan
Gluten-free
Central America

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