Berry punch - country cooking
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Fresh strawberries |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | 11-oz bottles lemon-flavored sparkling water, chilled | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grenadine |
| Ice cubes (opt.) | ||
Directions
1. One day before serving, hull strawberries. Cut two 1-inch berries in half; set aside, Very thinly slice remaining berries into a small bowl. Toss with sugar. Add halved berries to top; cover tightly and refrigerate overnight.
2. Next day, place a berry half in each of 4 chilled 8-oz punch glasses or mugs. Thoroughly strain sugared berries, allowing juice to flow into 2 quart pitcher or punch bowl. (Strained berries may be reserved for another purpose.)
3. Stir sparkling water and grenadine into juice. Pour into prepared glasses; serve immediately. If desired, serve punch over ice cubes.
Country Cooking/Summer/94 Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary