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Guadeloupe

Punch Planteur Planter's Punch Planter's punch(es) , mixtures of fruit drinks with rum, exist in most Caribbean islands. Guadaloupe's version is characterize by its use of guava juice and dark rum. I chose a fairly simple recipe for my punch and then simplified it even more by buying a juice mix, which actually happened to include all the fruit juices called for in the recipe (of course, I have no way of knowing in which proportions). While the juice mixture did not have added sugar, I felt it was sweet enough so I didn't use simple syrup. I thought the punch was pretty good, but nothing extraordinary. I found it still too sweet for my taste, so perhaps the addition of half a teaspoon of angostura bitters, as I saw in other recipes, would have been helpful. Planter's Punch Ingredients 1/2 cup guava nectar 1/2 cup passion fruit nectar 1/2 cup pineapple nectar 1/2 cup orange nectar 1/2 cup simple syrup (optional) 1/3 cup white rum or to taste cinnamon stick shavings or ground cinnamon zest of 1 lime Directions Mix all ingredients together. Serve cold. Adapted from a recipe at Guadeloupe : French Caribbean archipelago Guadeloupean Recipes | Marga's International Recipes | Marga's Best Recipes | Marga's Food Blog | E-mail