I gave a party, and the rum punch was a big hit (is rum punch ever not a hit?). I blended a couple of different recipes based on what I could easily find in the grocery store (unsweetened pineapple juice? who has time to find that?), so here’s the one I guess I can claim I invented (to add to the myriad of rum punch recipes on the web. Really, the lesson here is that you can mix just about anything citrus with rum and be fine).
I’m not sure what the measurement I’m using here is. A liter? A quart? Whatever—the numbers give the approximate proportions, ending up with a drink that’s about 4 parts mixer, 1 part alcohol. Do it per-cup, if you want.
1 orange juice
3/4 club soda
1/4 lime juice (Rose’s, natch)
1/8 grenadine (ditto)
1/2 rum
Mix and adjust to taste. The second batch came out differently, for sure.
Update—if taking the rum punch to a potluck, and you don’t have a traveling pitcher, here’s one approach.
Buy a 2-quart carton of OJ. Pour about 1/3 of it into another container. In the carton, add the rum, lime juice, and grenadine, to make rum punch concentrate. Shake well.
Take the club soda to the potluck in the original bottles, and let people mix their own in the glass, or quickly borrow a pitcher, with about 1/3 or 1/2 proportion club soda. This should travel well and the club soda will not lose its fizz.
Also, a dash of peach schnapps goes well with these ingredients.
By: Dance on 11 June 2008
at 3:30 pm