FEATURE RECIPE
Pineapple punch

Pineapple punch

Serves 4

Cooking Time Prep time 10 mins



500 gm   pineapple, core removed, coarsely chopped
1 cup (firmly packed)   mint
2   limes, cut into wedges
75 gm (⅓ cup)   panela sugar (see note)
200 ml   cachaça (see note)
To serve:   chilled soda water and Angostura bitters


1 Muddle pineapple, mint, lime and sugar in a jug, add cachaça, divide among glasses filled with ice, add soda and bitters to taste, serve.

Note Panela sugar is available from select delicatessens. If cachaça, a spirit made from fresh sugarcane juice, is unavailable, substitute dark rum.

This recipe is from the January 2012 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

RECIPE Emma Knowles & Alice Storey PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Court STYLING Geraldine Muñoz


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