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Christmas drinks around the world

Christmas drinks around the world
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Published: 12/04/2011 - Updated: 09/12/2018

Author: Nayeli Reyes2 Comments

Hot or energy drinks are very popular in December, especially in places where winters are cold and hard. Mixing certain ingredients in beverages can provide heat, power and great vitality in the body, which is why a few drinks have become a tradition in many places at Christmas and New Year holidays, a way to bring warmth and energy and enjoy the winter days.

Contents

  • Mexican Punch (fruit drink)
  • Christmas Coconut Drink (Spain)
  • Spiced Wine (Germany)
  • Spiced rum (Argentina)
  • Eggnog

Mexican Punch (fruit drink)

Ingredients

  • 25 crabapples (optional)
  • 15 guavas
  • 1 cup of raisins
  • 2 cup of prunes
  • 300 gr. of tamarind (two cups of tamarind pulp, or two cups of pineapple)
  • 6 pieces of sugar cane (can be substituted by pears)
  • 4 apples
  • 6 cinnamon sticks (15 cm)
  • Brown sugar
  • Rum or brandy (optional)
  • 25 to 30 cups water

Preparation

  1. Wash and split the fruit and place in pot to boil with cinnamon, tamarind, sugar cane and brown sugar.
  2. When cooked remove from heat. Serve with rum or brandy to taste.

Christmas Coconut Drink (Spain)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of coconut milk
  • 420 g of coconut cream
  • 400 grams of condensed milk
  • 2 cups of evaporated milk
  • 2 cups of White Rum
  • Cinnamon

Preparation

  1. Blend all ingredients, bring to the refrigerator and cool well before serving.

Spiced Wine (Germany)

Ingredients

  • 2 oranges
  • 2 bottles (750 ml each) of red wine
  • 1 bottle (750 ml) white wine
  • 1 piece (7 cm) of piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • ½ teaspoon of ground cloves
  • 1 / 3 cup (60 g) of brown sugar
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) of brandy (optional)

Preparation

  1. Use a sharp knife or potato peeler to remove the peel from oranges in strips, being careful to remove only the orange part, leaving the white. Then, squeeze the juice from the oranges in a large heavy pot.
  2. Pour red and white wine in the pan with orange juice. Add strips of peel, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and brown sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves.
  3. Cover the pan and cook over medium-high heat until hot but do not let boil. Reduce heat to low and let heat for 1 hour to allow all the flavors are blended. Adjust the flavor to your taste by adding more brown sugar. Strain and serve hot with a splash of brandy, if desired.

Spiced rum (Argentina)

Ingredients

  • Syrup sap
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  • 750 ml of gold rum
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 pieces of star anise
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 piece of Jamaican pepper
  • Orange Peel

Preparation

  1. Add all the spices with rum, seal and let stand 24 hours.

Eggnog

Ingredients

  • 4 cups of milk
  • 5 cloves
  • 1 / 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 12 egg yolks
  • 1 and 1 / 2 cup of sugar
  • 2 and 1 / 2 cups of rum (optional)
  • 1 / 2 teaspoon of nutmeg

Preparation

  1. Combine milk, cloves, cinnamon and vanilla extract in a saucepan and place over low heat until boiling. Do not go away since it may boil and spill.
  2. In a mixing bowl, mix the egg yolks and sugar. Beat until creamy. Add little by little, while beating, the mixture of milk. Be sure to mix for 3 minutes. If you use an electric mixer, it’s better. It must be thick. Pass through a sieve to remove the cloves. Cool one hour.
  3. Then add the rum, if you'll use it, add more vanilla and nutmeg if you like. Put in refrigerator overnight. Serve cold.

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About the author

By Nayeli Reyes

Nayeli is an expert cook, with the title of Chef by the International Culinary School of Guadalajara (Mexico), where she obtained the honorable mention for her great talent and dedication. In Biomanantial.com she presents her best recipes so that we can prepare them easily.

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Comments
  1. Jacbo

    26 de December de 2012 at 19:36

    Nice recipes you got there, it?s interesting to know about some drinks of other countries. I have always wondered how they celebrate this holidays and what kind of food they eat, and there recipes seem pretty tasty, I wanna try them right now! Even though Christmas have already passed.

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  2. Stacy

    7 de November de 2014 at 08:22

    What an interesting article, I just loved reading through the different ways that countries celebrate the holidays. Isn’t it so interesting how much culture plays such a huge role in each of our lives, and how diverse so many cultures are. I lived in Argentina for quite some time, but never had the spiced rum. I think it’s time to try it!!

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