Name: Barbados Punch
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 150 ml Mount Gay Rum; 45 ml lime juice (about 2 limes); 600 ml sparkling apple juice, chilled; 15 mint leaves, torn; 1 Granny Smith apple, cut into 8 slices; 1 lime, cut into 8 slices; To serve: mint sprigs

Alexx Swainston, cocktail consultant and ‘advocate of the sublime’ contributed this summery number. She made her name at Sydney’s Lotus and has most recently been spotted consulting on cocktails at Surry Hills hot spot The Beresford.

Ingredients

150 ml Mount Gay Rum

45 ml lime juice (about 2 limes)

600 ml sparkling apple juice, chilled

15 mint leaves, torn

1 Granny Smith apple, cut into 8 slices

1 lime, cut into 8 slices

To serve: mint sprigs

Method

Main

1.Combine all ingredients in a 1 litre-capacity jug and fill with ice cubes to chill. (If you’re planning to refrigerate the jug ahead of serving, add the sparkling apple juice and ice at the last minute.) To serve, pour into tumblers and garnish with mint sprigs.