At a word punch at many emerges an image of old England with a traditional meal in cold winter at once. Actually the origin of punch goes from India.
In translation from Hindi a word punch means "five". Punch is called the cocktail consisting of alcohol and fruit juices, and from only 5 ingredients. Obligatory of them: wine, sugar, juice, spices and rum. Traditionally it needs to be drunk hot. This drink is called still piracy as historically it is considered that favourite drink of pirates was rum and, pirates thought up such drink to be warmed in cold times.
After the recipe of punch appeared in Europe, its began to alter, experiment with taste. Rum began to be replaced with other alcoholic beverages, it is authorized to add fruit segments with honey and herbs. Modern punch is used also cold now. If to exclude alcohol from beverage composition and to replace it, for example, with tea, then great cocktail for children will turn out. Thus, drink is considered suitable for all. It, by the way, is considered aristocratic and expensive in comparison with a grotto or mulled wine because of the structure, it is much more difficult.
Punch and now is served at parties and festive actions as public, corporate, and house. If when watching movies, old and modern to pay attention to drinks on tables at a large number of guests, then in most cases on them there will just be a punch. Besides punch in a beautiful bowl, the pleasant refreshing color with floating pieces of fruit – all this looks beautifully on a holiday table.
Preparation of punch
Punch can prepare any. A difference between alcoholic and nonalcoholic punch in its basis. For example, in nonalcoholic juice is taken as a basis and tea, milk, syrup is added. And in alcoholic the main thing is a wine or rum. The basis isn't warmed up, and just gets divorced in hot water, syrup is added then. Though warmed up earlier. But cultivation with hot water, according to experts, creates more elegant taste.
For New year the fans of refined drinks cook punch on the basis of champagne. Unexpectedly, but give it hot and that is surprising, festive шипучесть in it perfectly remains.
Useful properties
As juice is beverage composition, it is considered vitamizirovanny and useful. Provided that juice is used not packaged, and freshly squeezed. Cold punch, depending on its structure, lifts an organism tone. Punch hot expands vessels, warms a body. And spices and honey complement drink with antiseptic properties.
Types of punch
Options of preparation of this universal drink – a huge set. Everything depends on mood or the purpose of preparation.
Cold raspberry punch – quick option. Tea, milk and crimson syrup is a part. If to replace syrup with what is in the house (for example, the raspberry jam diluted with water), then punch, only with the name of the available ingredient all the same will turn out (for example, strawberry syrup or just juice).
Sea punch: wine red and white, lemon juice, sugar, tea and, of course, rum.
From unusual – coffee punch. From the name it becomes already clear that the main ingredient – coffee. Still cognac, rum, lemon, sugar and ice.
And here, for example, milk punch. Nonconventional combination of milk, liqueur, cognac and icing sugar.
Or fruit punch. It consists of those types of juice, ginger ale, orange. Very much refreshes.
Punch drink universal. It can be prepared from what is also it all the same will look festively.