Govenor’s Mansion Summer Peach Punch

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 3 family-size tea bags
• 2 cups loosely packed fresh mint leaves
• 1 (33 7/8 ounce) bottle peach nectar
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 1/2 cup simple syrup
• 1 liter ginger ale, chilled
• 1 liter club soda, chilled
• fresh mint sprig

Recipe

• 1 to make simple syrup—bring 2 cups water and 1 cup water to a boil; boil, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved; cool to room temperature (you will use ½ cup of this mixture).
• 2 to make punch: bring 4 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; add tea bags and mint leaves.
• 3 boil 1 minute; remove from heat; cover and steep 10 minutes.
• 4 remove and discard tea bags and mint.
• 5 pour into a 1 gallon container; add peach nectar, lemonade concentrate, and simple syrup; stir to combine.
• 6 cover and chill 8 hours or overnight.
• 7 pour chilled tea mixture into a punch bowl; stir in ginger ale and club soda just before serving; garnish with fresh mint sprigs.