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Gran Libro de la Cocina Colombiana

Fermented palm sap beverage, known as 'la champaña llanera'. Note: the book warns about the ecological impact of this practice

Preparation time
2880 minutes
Number of servings
35
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
1 piece(s) cachipay palm, real palm, moriche palm or corozo palm
1 tbsp honey per bottle (optional)
Directions
  1. The palm is cut at the root.
  2. The heart is cleaned by removing the leaves.
  3. A canoe-shaped cut is made that reaches the core.
  4. The sap is allowed to drain while being collected and bottled. The process should last about 48 hours.
  5. An average of 7 bottles (5 liters) are obtained per palm.
  6. It is left to ferment for one day.
  7. If desired, a tablespoon of honey can be added per bottle.
  8. NOTE: this ecological crime should disappear, because cutting it at the root brings down a palm that takes many years to grow and does not sprout again, to extract just a few bottles of its sap.