Ponche Navideño (Mexican Fruit Punch)

Ingredients

• 1 sugar cane cone (piloncillo)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 5 tamarindos
• 1/2 cup hibiscus flower (jamaica)
• 1 lb. sugar cane (caña)
• 10 tejocotes
• 5 guavas cut in half
• 3 apples
• some pitted prunes
• some raisins

Instructions

1. Set pot to medium-high heat with 2 1/2 quarts of boiling water.
2. Add 1 sugarcane cone, 2 cinnamon sticks, and 5 tamarindos.
3. Boil until the sugarcane dissolves (about 8 minutes).
4. Add 1/2 cup of hibiscus flower and mix, then boil for 5 minutes.
5. Add 1 pound of sugarcane, 10 tejocotes, 5 guavas, 3 apples, pitted prunes, and raisins.
6. Mix everything in, cover, and let it boil for 20 minutes.