Spicy Rum Punch

You can steep the juice in advance; add the ginger beer and rum just before serving so the punch will be fizzy. Ginger beer, which actually contains no alcohol, tastes like a spicy ginger ale.

Yield: 20 servings (serving size: about 3/4 cup)

Ingredients

• 1/4  cup  chopped crystallized ginger
• 2  tablespoons  black peppercorns
• 6  star anise
• 4  (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
• 2  (64-ounce) bottles cranberry-pineapple juice drink (such as Ocean Spray)
• 2  cups  dark rum
• 4  (12-ounce) bottles ginger beer (such as Stewart's)

Preparation

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; let stand 30 minutes.

Strain cranberry mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Chill thoroughly. Stir in rum and ginger beer just before serving.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

205 (0.0% from fat)

Fat:

0.0g (sat 0.0g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.0g)

Protein:

0.2g

Carbohydrate:

38.2g

Fiber:

0.2g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.1mg

Sodium:

4mg

Calcium:

13mg