Mother's Ruin Punch
Mother's Ruin Punch is a traditional English punch with a long history. It is typically made with gin, tea, lemon juice and sugar, but it can also be made with other alcoholic spirits as well.
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- - 1 cup white sugar
- - 2 cups boiling water
- - 3 cups freshly squeezed orange juice or store bought juice concentrate diluted to taste with cold water
- - 6 ounces gin such as London dry gin or a citrus flavored gin like tanqueray Ten
- - 4 ounces Cointreau liqueur - 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Instructions:
- In a medium saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the boiling water over medium heat. Let cool completely and pour into a large pitcher.
- Add the orange juice, gin, Cointreau liqueur and lemon juice to the cooled syrup and stir until combined.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving over ice cubes in individual glasses with an optional garnish of fresh orange slices on each glass rim (optional).