Pineapple and Lime Rum Punch with Spiced Citrus Sugar Recipe

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Begin by making the spiced citrus sugar. Add the orange and lemon zest to the 100g sugar, then rub the zest into the sugar until the zest is fragrant and begins to release its oils | Ingredients: 1 orange, zested , 1 lemon, zested , 3 1/2 oz of caster sugar

2. Step 2

   Mix in the cayenne pepper | Ingredients: 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

3. Step 3

   Take a lime wedge and run it over one secion of the glass for the sugar to stick to | Ingredients: 1 lime, cut into wedges

4. Step 4

   Press that section of the glass into the spiced citrus sugar, pressing more sugar in as needed to fill in any gaps

5. Step 5

   Use a piece of kitchen paper to neaten up the edges of the citrus sugar then begin the cocktail base

6. Step 6

   For the punch, add the pineapple juice, white rum and lime juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well | Ingredients: 1 pint of pineapple juice , 4 1/16 fl oz of white rum , 2 1/3 fl oz of lime juice , 1 handful of ice cubes

7. Step 7

   Fill each of the glasses with ice, then divide the shaken pineapple base between each glass | Ingredients: 1 handful of ice cubes

8. Step 8

   Top up each of the glasses with ginger ale, then garnish with a red chilli before serving | Ingredients: 5 1/16 fl oz of ginger ale , 3 bird's eye chillies