Pink Rhubarb Punch/Spritzer
Ready In: 40 mins
Serves: 20
Yields: 5 quarts
Ingredients
- 8 cups fresh rhubarb or 8 cups frozen rhubarb, chopped*
- 8 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon strawberry gelatin
- 3 cups water, boiling
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice (optional)
- 8 cups ginger ale (1 liter) or 8 cups lemon-lime flavored soda, chilled (1 liter)
Directions
- In large pot, bring rhubarb and water to boil.
- Reduce and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain and reserve liquid.
- Discard pulp (or save for pie, bread, cookies, muffins -- etc.).
- Combine sugar and gelatin in rhubarb reserved liquid until sugar is dissolved.
- Add pineapple and lemon juice, mix well.
- Chill thoroughly. Just before serving, add soda and ice cubes.
- * For stronger rhubarb taste, add additional rhubarb and simmer for 40 minute.
- For individual servings, combine 1 cup of rhubarb 'juice' with 1 cup of soda.
- Can add vodka to taste make it an adult beverage spritzer.
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