This peach cocktail is a colorful and tangy hello from the Peach State, Georgia USA.  Enjoy on a hazy, lazy day in summer surrounded by love, joy, and beauty!

3 cups coarsely chopped peeled ripe peaches (about 1 pound)

1 teaspoon grated lime rind

1 cup fresh lime juice (about 4 large limes)

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed mint leaves

2 cups white rum

4 cups club soda, chilled

Crushed ice

Mint sprigs (optional)

1. Place peaches in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.

2. Press peach puree through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard solids.

3. Combine rind, lime juice, sugar, and mint in a large pitcher; crush juice mixture with the back of a long spoon.

4. Add peach puree and rum to pitcher, stirring until sugar dissolves.

5. Stir in club soda. Serve over crushed ice.

Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.

Makes 10 servings (serving size: about 2/3 cup).

Recipe courtesy of:

Jackie Mills, MS, RD, of Cooking Light Magazine published in Coastal Living Magazine in June 2008.

Photo courtesy of Coastal Living Magazine.

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