beloved by the family. Simple and quick.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 day 12 hrs 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 day 13 hrs 10 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 large ripe fresh pineapple
- 1 ½ gallons water
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 medium apple, cored and sliced
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Wash and remove the pineapple crown. Carefully remove the rind and set aside. Cut one 1/2-inch slice of pineapple and set it aside for this recipe. Reserve remaining pineapple for a different use.
- Place the pineapple rind in a large pot with water, brown sugar, apple slices, and cinnamon over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Boil for about 15 minutes. Turn off heat and allow mixture to cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
- Add pineapple slice, cover, and allow to sit at room temperature until tepache has fermented to the desired degree, about 36 hours.
- Strain tepache though a sieve in order to remove solids and store drink covered in the refrigerator.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of pineapple. The actual amount of pineapple consumed will vary.