Recipe Papelón con limón (Refreshing Venezuelan drink)

[karadekoolaid]

Ingredients:
500 gms papelón (or piloncillo, or panela)
1.5 litres water
1/2 cup juice ( about 10 Venezuelan "lemons" / key limes in the USA)

Method:

• Dissolve the sugar in the water. you can do this by (a) putting the sugar into cold water and leaving it for 3 to 4 hours, until it dissolves or (b) pouring boiling water on the sugar, dissolving, then refrigerating.
• Add the lemon juice, stir, chill.
• Serve with ice. Or rum. Or vodka!
  
  

 

[JAS_OH1]

Ingredients:
500 gms papelón (or piloncillo, or panela)
1.5 litres water
1/2 cup juice ( about 10 Venezuelan "lemons" / key limes in the USA)

Method:

• Dissolve the sugar in the water. you can do this by (a) putting the sugar into cold water and leaving it for 3 to 4 hours, until it dissolves or (b) pouring boiling water on the sugar, dissolving, then refrigerating.
• Add the lemon juice, stir, chill.
• Serve with ice. Or rum. Or vodka!View attachment 98890View attachment 98891

This would go great with rum!

 

[karadekoolaid]

This would go great with rum!

Certainly would. A lot of the sugar plantations in Venezuela have a rum distillery next door!

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

This would go great with rum!

That would make it a "grog", I believe, and well worth it! For ideas on measurements, I think I covered that here:
Retro Recipe - Grog aka basic Rum Punch

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Certainly would. A lot of the sugar plantations in Venezuela have a rum distillery next door!

and the best rum distilleries use their own, or local, sugar cane or molasses. zero waste!