Christmas Punch RecipePunch is a popular drink during the Christmas season. Christmas punch is made from fruit juices, alcohol and spices. There is something very seasonal about putting yourself “outside of a mug of punch”. This recipe brings Dickensian Christmas images to mind. Christmas punch recipes can be given a personal slant. The suggested recipe below can be used merely as a framework on which to build the kind of Christmas punch recipe which you or your friends will personally enjoy. For example, you may wish to omit alcohol from the recipe and substitute more fruit juice or water, or you may wish to include more alcohol in the recipe and decrease the fruit juice and water content of your Christmas punch. You might like to decorate each mug of Christmas punch with perhaps some cherries or cranberries.
Recipe ingredients
2 cups apple cider
2 cups pineapple juice
2 cups orange juice
1 cup rum
1 ½ cups water
1 cup maple syrup
12 teaspoon whole cloves
4 whole allspice
3 cinnamon sticks
1 sliced apple & lemon
Recipe Method
Combine all the Christmas punch ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and discard the spices. Serve punch steaming hot in mugs and drink to a wonderful Christmas. Just the job for your Christmas Parties!