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Delicious Punch Recipes 1
Watermelon Punch
Yield 1 Servings 1 c sugar 1 c water 1/2 sm evenly-shaped watermelon 1/4 c brandy 1 cn (12 oz) lemon-lime soda 1 ice cubes 1 t pine nuts,Shelled
In a saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil; cool. Scoop watermelon with a melon baller; discard seeds. Pour sugar syrup over watermelon balls. Scoop remaining watermelon; squeeze in a clean cloth to extract juice. Combine watermelon balls, watermelon juice, and brandy; chill. Cut the upper edge of the watermelon shell in a saw-tooth design and use as a punch bowl. Just before serving, add watermelon mixture, soda, and ice cubes to watermelon shell. Sprinkle with nuts. Makes 10 to 12 servings.
What Hit Me Punch
Yield 1 Servings 1. Put 1 12oz can each of orange juice, lemonade, pineapple juice w/ 16 oz can of limeade in large punch bowl. Add 1 bottle of Everclear (or for those lightweights, vodka can be used). 3. Add enough ice to fill punchbowl, garnish with sliced oranges and mint leaves and serve.
Whisky Punch
Yield 1 Servings 3 lemons 1/2 lb sugar 2 pt water,Boiling 1 bottle scotch whisky
Peel the lemons finely and squeeze out the juice, then add peel and juice to the sugar in a large jug or bowl. Pour the boiling water over the lemons and sugar and leave until cold. Strain into a large bowl and add the bottle of Scotch whisky, stirring well. Chill for at least an hour before serving.
White Grape~ Tangerine~ & Asti-Spumante Punch
Yield 12 Servings 48 oz white grape juice -unsweetened6 oz tangerine juice concentrate1 c club soda,chilled 1/4 c lemon juice 1/4 c brandy1 champagne,domestic,chilled1 orange slice,thin
In a punch bowl, whisk together the grape juice, tangerine concentrate, club soda, lemon juice, and brandy; cover and chill the mixture until cold. Add the champagne just before serving in punch glasses.
White House Pink Fruit Punch
Yield 16 Servings 1 qt orange juice2 c pineapple juice 1 1/2 qt cranberry juice1 qt ginger ale1 block ice
In a large punch bowl, mix together fruit juices; chill.Just before serving, add ginger ale and stir.Add ice. ( Ice cubes make punch difficult to serve; use larger blocksof ice instead.) Ladle punch into pretty punch glasses, and garnish withorange slices, if desired. Yield 12 to 16 servings
White Sangria Punch (Nonalcholic)
Yield 12 Servings 4 c white grape juice 1 c pink grapefruit juice 1 T lime juice 1 club soda,bottle, 750 ml -chilled 1 pink grapefruit,Slices
In large pitcher, combine grape, grapefruit and lime juices; refrigerate. Just before serving, add soda water and grapefruit slices.
White Wine Punch
Yield 12 Servings 1 sm honeydew melon 1 lb watermelon 1 sm cantaloupe 20 oz dry white table wine 20 oz sweet Riesling wine 32 oz Moscato d'Asti wine 12 red grapes,sliced in half
Using 3 different sizes of melon ballers, measuring from 1/3- to 7/8inch in diameter, scoop the melons into balls. Place the melon balls onto a baking pan, taking care to see that they don't touch one another. Freeze until solid, 2 to 3 hours or overnight. Mix the wines in a punch bowl. Add the grape halves and frozen melon balls, and serve.
Yellow Fruit Punch
Yield 96 Servings 1 cn (12-oz) orange juice,Frozen 1 cn (46-oz) orange-grapefruit-juice 1 cn (large) pineapple juice 1 maraschino cherries 1 pineaple,Crushed 3 qt ginger ale 1 bottle lemon juice 1 cn (46-oz) orange juice 1 lemon 1 orange 1 mint leaves
Mix juices and ginger ale together. Slice lemon and orange in slices and put the slices, cherries, crushed pineapple and mint leaves in. Makes 96 4-oz servings.
"No Punch" Champagne
Yield 1 Servings 25 3/8 oz alcohol-free white wine -chilled 32 oz ginger ale,chilled 1 lemon,scored and thinly-- sliced,for garnish 1 lime,scored and thinly-- sliced,for garnish
Pour wine and ginger ale into 2-quart pitcher; mix well. Pour into glasses; garnish with fruit slices, if desired. Serve immediately. Yield seven (1-Cup) servings. 7-Up Punch
Yield 1 Servings 1 cn 46-oz pineapple juice 1 juice of 2 lemons 2 c orange juice 1 mint leaves 6 c water 4 c sugar 5 bananas,mashed 1 7-up to stretch it 1 pk strawberries,Frozen
Mix sugar and water. Chill. Add fruit juices. Add bananas right away. (That is, don't let the mashed bananas sit.) Freeze. When ready to serve, break up the frozen base into pieces. Add strawberries and enough 7-Up to stretch.
Chocolate Punch
Yield 20 Servings 1 ga strong coffee,cooled 1 qt milk1 c sugar 1/2 ga chocolate ice cream 1 pt heavy cream 3 t vanilla extract 3 T sugar semisweet chocolate,grated
This is a perfect punch of a party during hot weater Mix coffee, milk, and one cup sugar the day before the party. Refrigerate. At party time, place ice cream in a pretty punch bowl and pour coffee mixture over. Whip cream and flavor with vanilla and 3 tablespoons sugar. Float this mixture on top of punch. Sprinkle grated chocolate over all. The chocolate may be grated the day before, wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated. Ginger Tropical Punch
Yield 16 Servings 1 1/2 c water 1 c sugar 2 T ginger root,chopped 4 whole cloves 1 whole cinnamon stick 6 oz orange juice,Frozen -concentrate 1/2 c orange juice,freshly -squeezed1 whole orange,thinly sliced1 whole lemon,thinly sliced
In a medium saucepan combine water, sugar, gingerroot, cloves, and cinnamon. Bring to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer, incovered, for 5 minutes. Cool mixture; cover and let steep in refrigerator for several hours. Meanwhile, prepare apple and orange juices according to product instructions. In a large container combine the apple juice, orange juice, and lemon juice. Cover and chill. Strain steeped ginger mixtrue. In a punch bowl stir together the fruit juices and ginger mixture. Reserve 8 lemon or orange slices. Foat remaining fruit slices in the punch. Cut reserved fruit slices in half. Garnish each cup with half a fruit slice and an orange curl (optional), if desired. Zesty Punch Sipper
Yield 6 Servings
2 bottles ginger ale,chilled, 32-ounces each 6 c pineapple (or orange juice) -chilled1 (6 ounce) can,Frozen -lemonade concentr,ate, tha1 orange,thinly sliced for -garnish (optional,)1 lime,thinly sliced, for -garnish (optiona,l)
Combine all ingredients in a large punch bowl or two large pitchers.
Tea Punch
Yield 8 Servings 1 1/2 c water 6 orange herbal tea bags 10 whole cloves 2 cinnamon sticks 2 c cranberry juice 1 1/2 c white grape juice 1/2 c brown sugar,Packed 1 orange/whole cloves--,Slices - -optio,nal for garnish
In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Turn off heat; add tea bags, cloves and cinnamon sticks. Cover and steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Stir in the juices and brown sugar; heat through. Remove spices. Garnish with clove-studded orange slices if desired.
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