For an alcohol-free party option, try our spiced piña colada mocktail (or virgin piña colada), with mock rum syrup, pineapple juice and coconut milk

Ingredients

• 150ml pineapple juice
• 50ml coconut milk
• 25ml lime juice
• ice
• cherry, to garnish

For the mock rum syrup

• 100g dark brown muscovado sugar
• 1 pineapple, a few strips of skin, plus leaves to garnish
• 5 black peppercorns
• 5 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick

Method

• STEP 1 To make a mock rum syrup, put the dark brown muscovado sugar and 200ml water in a saucepan, stir well and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Add a few strips of skin from the pineapple, add the black peppercorns, cloves and a cinnamon stick, then bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and leave to infuse until cold. Strain into a jug and set aside in the fridge until needed. Will keep for up to three days.
• STEP 2 Pour the pineapple juice into a tall glass, and add the coconut milk and lime juice. Stir gently. Fill up the glass with a handful ice then slowly add 25ml of the syrup so it sinks to the bottom. Garnish with pineapple leaves and a tinned cherry.