Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves: 8-10
This fabulous festive drink is perfect for Christmas and New Year parties. Made with sliced Spanish persimons in a heady mix of rum, lime juice, ginger wine and ginger ale with sliced limes and ice cubes. Cheers!
Ingredients
- 3 Spanish persimons
- 3 limes, thinly sliced
- Juice of 6 limes
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
- 350ml dark rum
- 150ml ginger wine
- Ice cubes
- 1 litre ginger ale
- Mint sprigs, to decorate
Method
- Remove the leafy tops from the persimons, slice the flesh thinly and add to a large punch bowl with the sliced limes, lime juice, cinnamon sticks and muscovado sugar. Allow a few minutes for the sugar to dissolve.
- Pour the rum and ginger wine into the punch bowl. Add the ice cubes, then top up with the ginger ale.
- Serve in punch glasses or tall glasses, decorated with mint sprigs.
Cook’s tip: You could make this with light golden Barbados rum instead of dark rum – either way, it packs a punch!
