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Dice the Firm Fruit
15 Mins
Room temperature, about 20°C (68°F)
Dice the 200 g papaya, 200 g mango, 200 g pineapple, 150 g apple, 200 g watermelon and halve the 150 g grapes. Put them all in a large bowl or pitcher as you go, so the juices that run out are caught.
Cut everything about the same size — roughly 1 cm — so the fruit mixes evenly instead of the big pieces sinking and the small ones floating.
Done when: A colourful bowl of small, even fruit dice.
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2
Slice the Banana Last
5 Mins
Room temperature, about 20°C (68°F)
Slice the 200 g banana into thin rounds and add them to the bowl. Toss the fruit gently with the 30 ml lime juice — the lime keeps the banana from browning and brightens the whole punch.
If you must chop the banana early, keep the slices in a little lime juice until you need them.
Done when: Banana slices still pale and fresh-looking.
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3
Mix the Juice Base
5 Mins
Chilled, about 4°C (39°F)
In a jug, stir together the 300 ml cold orange juice, 120 ml grenadine and 40 g sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Taste it: it should be sweet and rosy-red. Pour it over the fruit and stir gently so every piece is coated.
Grenadine brands vary in sweetness — start with the full amount, taste, and add sugar only if the fruit is tart.
Done when: Fruit evenly coated in a rosy-red juice.
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4
Chill the Punch
30 Mins
Chilled, about 4°C (39°F)
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to a few hours, so the fruit soaks up the juice and the flavours come together. Stir once halfway through if you remember.
Overnight is even better — the fruit gets softer and sweeter — but add the banana only an hour before serving if you chill it that long.
Done when: Thoroughly cold, fruit slightly softened, juice rosy.
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5
Top with Soda and Serve
5 Mins
Serve ice-cold, about 4°C (39°F)
Just before serving, pour in the 300 ml cold soda water and stir once, gently. Ladle into tall glasses with plenty of fruit in every glass, and hand out a spoon and a straw with each one — the fruit is meant to be eaten, not just drunk.
Add the soda at the table, not in the fridge — it goes flat within the hour once it is mixed in.
Done when: Fizzy, ice-cold, fruit piled high in each glass.
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Serve at once in tall glasses, with a spoon and a straw each — the fruit is half the drink. If there are leftovers, keep the fruit and juice in the fridge and add fresh soda only when you pour the next glass.
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