Festive Party Punches
By Brenda Hyde
There is something festive about a bowl of punch
served in dainty glasses from an old fashioned
punch bowl. Whether you are visiting with family
on Christmas Eve, throwing a traditional New
Year's Eve bash or gathering for a special birthday,
try one of these festive punch recipes!
Try steeping 1/2 to 1 tsp. of rosemary leaves
for 5 minutes in hot fruit juice. Cool the mixture and add
to your punch recipes.
Old Fashioned Fruit Punch
This is from the Rumford Complete Cook Book-1931
2 pounds sugar
2 quarts water
2 quarts mineral water
1 large pineapple, shredded
Juice of 6 oranges and 4 lemons
2 cups sliced strawberries
3 sliced bananas
1 cup raspberry or other fruit syrup
Cracked ice
Boil the sugar with one pint of the water
to form a syrup; add the remaining water,
mineral water, fruit and ice. Served very cold.
Strawberry Punch
Ingredients:
3 cups boiling water
1 small package strawberry gelatin
1 package (10 ounces) frozen, sugared strawberries
1 can frozen lemonade
1 liter gingerale
1/4 cup sugar
Mix gelatin and water, add thawed strawberries,
lemonade and sugar. Before serving add the
gingerale.
Banana Fruit Punch
Ingredients:
5 Bananas
46 ounce can pineapple juice
12 ounce can frozen orange juice
4 tablespoons Real Lemon concentrate
4 cups sugar
6 cups water
2 liter bottle of lemon lime soda
Process bananas in blender until pureed. Mix
with other ingredients, except for soda. At
this point you can freeze the punch in a container,
and break up in a punch bowl one hour before
serving, adding the lemon lime soda at this time.
Citrus Punch with Sherbert
Ingredients:
1 large can pineapple juice, chilled
1 large can grapefruit juice, chilled
2 liter bottle lemon lime soda
Lime or lemon and orange sherbert
Mix beverages together and place
small scoops of sherbert on top. This
makes 1 punch bowl.
Tropical Kiwi Punch
Ingredients:
12 ounce can Pina Colada Mix
2 kiwi, peeled and sliced
1 banana, sliced
Vanilla ice cream
2 12 ounce cans cold gingerale
In a blender combine the Pina Colada Mix,
kiwi and banana. Mix until smooth. Freeze
the mixture for one hour. Pour 1/4 cup of
this mixture into 8 glasses, dividing evenly.
Top each with a scoop of ice cream. Add
the chilled gingerale to each glass to fill.
Top with a slice of kiwi if desired. Serve
immediately.
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