Tapache
Source of Recipe
Aunt Saunny
1 whole fresh pineapple
12 cups water
21oz. brown sugar
1 stick cinnamon
3 whole cloves
cocktail cherries (sweetened like you buy in grocery in jars--red or
green)
Process:
Wash the pineapple; remove stalks at each end; cut pineapple into large cubes, including the rind. Place the pineapple cubes in a large (lidded) container and add 8 cups of water, brown sugar, cinnamon and the cloves.
Cover and let rest at room temperature for 48 hours. Strain this resulting liquid "the Tepache" into a new, clean container and add the remaining 4 cups of water. Let rest another 12 hours. Strain again, add 3 cups water. Serve cold with crushed ice cubes and fresh fruit slices
on the side of glasses., and a cocktail cherry in each glass.
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