With the onset of winter, there are no less options for outdoor recreation. Slides, skating rinks, ski resorts, and just walks in the nearest grove strewn with silver. Upon returning home, you are guaranteed a good mood, a blush on your cheeks and a great appetite. Warm and warming drinks will go with a bang. Of course, non-alcoholic. Punch is exactly what you need after returning from the cold.
Drink origin
India is considered its homeland, from where it spread throughout Europe in the 17th century. The hot drink with fruit syrup was a cocktail of rum, water, tea, sugar and lemon. Now this name has become common for a whole family of drinks with alcohol and fruits. Later recipes were invented, from which the degree was excluded. From this, the drinks did not become less fragrant and tasty. Today we’ll talk about how to make a non-alcoholic punch without leaving your home. Let's start with the cold varieties of this cocktail, which are great for summertime.
Cold punch with berries
In the summer season, finding raspberries and strawberries on sale is not difficult. They can be used to make a light cocktail. And in winter, feel free to change them to frozen blueberries, lingonberries, cranberries. To make a non-alcoholic punch, prepare the following ingredients:
- Cranberry juice - 1.5 liters.
- Lemonade - 1 liter.
- Lime.
- Blueberries, raspberries and strawberries - 150 g each
Large berries need to be cut, put the rest unchanged in a deep cup. Pour lemonade and fruit juice into it and put in the refrigerator for an hour. Before serving, garnish with thin lime plastics and add ice cubes.
Exotic paradise
If you want something original and unusual, feel free to take this recipe into service. Non-alcoholic punch from tropical fruits can be created on the basis of both fresh and canned fruits. Such a drink will not only brighten up the evening, but will also become the prevention of many diseases, as it is a source of vitamins.
The recipe for non-alcoholic punch is also good because it can be changed at your discretion. That is, add or remove certain ingredients. To prepare you will need:
- Pineapple - 1/2 pcs.
- Apple, lime - 1 pc.
- Macaquia - 2 pcs.
- Lime juice - half a glass.
- Ginger Ale - 100 g.
- Lemonade - 0.7 liters.
- Mango juice - 1 liter.
- Mint.
The first thing to do is prepare the fruit. To do this, you need to peel and cut the pineapple into cubes, chop the apple into small slices. Transfer the soft part of passion fruit into a bowl with the rest of the fruit. Fill it all with liquid. To make the serving beautiful, put ice and mint leaves on top.
Classic recipe
From a classic point of view, non-alcoholic punch is, of course, nonsense. But this option is really very close to the original, with the only slight difference that rum is changing to ginger syrup. This drink was invented a long time ago and managed to survive many modernizations. Initially, the punch was a drink of five components with a prescribed dosage.
Ingredients:
- Water - 300 g.
- Sugar - 200 g.
- Ground ginger - 1 cup.
- Lime juice - 100 g.
- Pineapple juice with pulp - 3 cups.
- Soda to taste.
Cooking will take a little time. The basis here is ginger syrup. To prepare it, pour ginger sugar in a saucepan, add water and boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, strain after 15 minutes and put in the refrigerator. Before serving, mix with lime and pineapple juice, add soda to taste, garnish with straws and ice cubes.
The recipe is quite simple, but the taste of the drink captivates the first time. If you have not tried to make non-alcoholic punch at home, then it's time to start.
Hot drinks
All of these drinks are very tasty and healthy. But punch, like mulled wine, is associated with something warm and warming for many. Therefore, let's pay attention to the features of making hot drinks. On a winter evening, this is exactly what you need. You will quickly see that they are much nicer than regular tea. The rich taste of such cocktails is also suitable for a festive feast. They can be served without cakes and cake, with fruits or dried fruits.
"Sunny evening"
Non-alcoholic orange punch is a bright taste and aroma. It is impossible to resist a glass of warm drink, like a liquid sun, it warms and fills with energy. The beneficial properties of citrus have been known since ancient times. They have many vitamins that can resist infections and viruses.
When processing fruit with hot water, its beneficial properties are preserved thanks to salicylic acid. You can add pomegranate, cranberries or lingonberries to this drink. Sourness will very organically complement the taste of punch. To prepare you will need:
- Orange and cranberry juice - 3 tbsp each.
- Water - 1 tbsp.
- Cinnamon and ginger - 1/2 tbsp. l
- Nutmeg and mint are on the tip of a knife.
- Orange - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 100 g.
- Cranberries - 100 g.
For cooking, you need a capacious pan, where you need to mix juice from orange and cranberries. In this case, the drink will be much tastier if the juice is natural, and even better, recently squeezed. Add water and spices and set on fire. Serve the punch until it has cooled, in large glasses. You can dip the edges in icing sugar in advance and garnish with mint leaves.
"Christmas story"
This holiday is associated with magic, Christmas tree and tangerines. Why not give yourself a mood in a winter evening by tasting a tangerine punch? Sweet and sour taste will give a festive atmosphere and return to childhood. The juice of this fruit, heated and mixed with spices, will quench your thirst and destroy microbes. To prepare you will need:
- Per liter of cranberry and apple juice.
- Lemon zest - 6 strips.
- Ginger root - up to 5 cm.
- Cinnamon - 2 tsp.
- Carnation - 10 buds.
- Orange juice (freshly squeezed) - 500 ml.
- Two chopped apples and divided into slices of orange.
- Honey.
Pour apple and cranberry juice into the pan, add the lemon zest. Boil the mixture over high heat until it boils, and then another 15 minutes over low heat. Add orange juice, mandarin slices, spices and honey. Serve the drink hot. This will give him even more charm.
"Apple pleasure"
This drink is liked by adults and children. And imagine a walk in a snowy ski park and how you, during a stop, pour from a thermos a fragrant, warming and delicious non-alcoholic apple punch. Juice of these fruits with great success replaces alcohol in a punch recipe. It is best to cook it yourself by choosing sour apples. It removes cholesterol and contains a huge amount of vitamins.
To prepare you will need:
- Water - 1 liter.
- Apples - 2 kg.
- Sugar - 1 tbsp.
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Carnation - 15 buds.
- Pepper - 6 peas.
- Cinnamon - 2 tsp.
Peel the apples, remove the middle and squeeze the juice. You can use the homemade blanks. Natural juice is quite concentrated, so you need to dilute it with water. Place in a pan and heat, constantly remove the resulting foam. Juice should not boil, as this will destroy vitamins. Therefore, bring to a hot state and strain. Now heat again, add sugar, lemon and spices. After 5 minutes, remove from heat. You can serve.
Christmas punch
On the eve of this bright holiday, you can please your family with a hot fruit cocktail. It will simultaneously warm and fill the body with such important vitamins. It’s very good that cranberry-free non-alcoholic punch can be drunk by the whole family, including young children. To prepare you will need:
- 0.5 liter of apple and cranberry juice.
- A glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
- Lemon zest - several stripes.
- Ginger root - 3 cm.
- Apple - 1 pc.
- Cinnamon - 2 tsp.
- Honey and star anise to taste.
First, bring the apple and cranberry juice to a boiling point, add spices. Stir a couple of minutes and pour the orange juice. Heat again and serve until cool.
Strawberry cornucopia
It is difficult to find a fresh berry in the middle of winter, but frozen is also great. It reduces blood sugar and also cleanses the body of harmful substances, rejuvenating it. To make berry non-alcoholic punch, you need the following ingredients:
- Strawberry - 150 g.
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Lemon zest.
- Oranges - 2 pcs.
- Apple - 1 pc.
- Sugar - 0.5 tbsp. If it seems a little, you can add.
- Ginger, cardamom and cinnamon to taste.
- Black tea.
Peel the apples and cut into slices. Cut the orange and lemon into rings, remove the skin. Remove strawberries in advance from the freezer so that it starts up juice and add to the rest of the fruits. Sprinkle sugar. Pour boiling water over the tea leaves and let stand for 10 minutes. Strain, you should get about 0.5 l of liquid. Add spices to the fruit and pour hot tea. Infuse the mixture for at least an hour. Before serving, if desired, can be filtered.
Instead of a conclusion
Punches can make a nice variety in the evening menu. How nice it is to gather at the table with the whole family and drink a fragrant wholesome drink. It is perfect for a festive feast and replaces traditional tea. Want to surprise guests? Come up with an original pitch. For a cold punch, it could be a glass with a rim of powdered sugar. Pour the hot drink into dark glass mugs with a large handle. A thin tube is supplied to them. On top of each glass, put star anise star, a piece of apple and lemon. If desired, you can supplement the drink with finely grated chocolate, but do not forget to ask the guests. After all, it may seem to someone that the taste of chocolate is interrupted by a fruity aroma.