A special wooden tool called a mexelhote, with a long handle and a grooved balll at the opposite end, is used to blend the potent punch. The drink is typically made with aguardente, a white brandy, but this version is made with white rum.
Yield: serves 4-6
Ingredients
- <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup honey
- Juice of 6 lemons (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 3-4 cups white rum
Instructions
- Put honey and lemon juice into a sturdy glass or ceramic pitcher. Stand a whisk in the pitcher, hold handle of whisk between the palms of your hands and rub your hands back and forth, agitating liquid until honey dissolves. Stir in 3-4 cups white rum. Serve punch in short goblets.
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