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I love a big batch cocktail for summer, when party season is in fully swing! It’s just so much easier to make a lot of cocktails at once, in my humble opinion! I think rum punch cocktails are a fun choice, and create a festive atmosphere. This recipe is so yummy, and really simple to make. The ice ring makes it Pinterest-worthy and keeps it cool! I combined pineapple and basil, one of my favorite summer flavor combinations, and then added a bit of tart cherry for extra pop.
Serve this in a traditional punch bowl, or use a trifle dish as I did here. Ladle in to cups and serve nice and cold! This recipe below serves 6-8.
Recipe…
- 3 cups dark rum
- 4 cups pineapple juice
- 2 cups cherry juice
- 4 TBS Basil Simple Syrup (make simple syrup, add 6-8 leaves of basil while still hot, remove from heat, stir, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Strain basil to remove from syrup)
- Pineapple, cherries, and basil leaves to garnish
Punch Bowl Ice Ring
Fill a bundt cake pan with the garnishes of your choice. Edible flowers look beautiful, as do fruits, veggies, and even sliced citrus! Fill halfway with water, and freeze for at least four hours. When ready to use, loosen the ice ring by running warm water over the outside of the mold.
Summer Punch Cocktail
Equipment
- Bundt Cake Pan
- Punch Bowl (or Trifle Dish)
Ingredients
- 3 cups dark rum
- 4 cups pineapple juice
- 2 cups cherry juice
- 4 tbsp basil simple syrup, (make simple syrup, add 6-8 leaves of basil while still hot, remove from heat, stir, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Strain basil to remove from syrup)
- Pineapple, cherries, and basil leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Punch Bowl Ice RingFill a bundt cake pan with the garnishes of your choice. Edible flowers look beautiful, as do fruits, veggies, and even sliced citrus! Fill halfway with water, and freeze for at least four hours. When ready to use, loosen the ice ring by running warm water over the outside of the mold.
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Photographs by Julia Dags
What kind of cherry juice? Like Maraschino cherry juice or grenadine syrup?
They have cherry juice at the grocery store! It’s in the juice aisle
Your ice ring turned-out marvellous and using the trifle dish was a bril idea ! It’s great to see you having fun in the kitchen 🙂
Have just returned to the USA, after living in Europe, for the past 16 years, and am playing catch-up with American tv shows. Was watching, with my 34 yr old chef daughter, an episode of NEW GIRL, and exclaimed ” Wow, that actress looks so much like Eva Amurri Martino!!” She said ” Mom – it IS Eva Amurri Martino!”
You looked FABULOUS as Beth… and still do, Eva.
Ha! Love that! Thannks 😉