Fruit medley punch with della robbia ice ring
12 Servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
---For the Punch---- | ||
2 | packs | (10 oz) frozen strawberries in syrup, thawed |
3 | cups | Apricot nectar; chilled |
3 | cups | Cold water |
1 | cup | Lemon juice |
1 | can | (6 oz) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed |
1 | cup | Sugar |
1 | litre | Bottle ginger ale; chilled -For Della Robbia Ice Ring--- |
2½ | cup | Ginger ale; chilled |
½ | cup | Lemon juice |
Assorted fruits* |
Directions
* Use any of the following: canned apricot halves, drained; seedless white grapes; strips of orange peel, curled; whole strawberries; mint leaves; drained maraschino cherries.
To make punch: Prepare ice ring in advance. In a blender container, blend strawberries well (about 30 seconds). In a large punch bowl, combine strawberries, apricot nectar, water, lemon juice, orange juice concentrate and sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Slowly pour in ginger ale. Add ice ring. Makes about 3½ quarts. To make ice ring: In a 1-quart measure or container, combine ginger ale and lemon juice. Pour ½ of the mixture into a 1-quart ring mold; arrange fruits, peel and mint leaves in mold. Freeze. Pour remaining liquid over fruit in mold. Freeze.
Recipe by: Favorite Brand Name Recipe Cookbook, 1981 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #883 by "Crane Walden <cranew@...>" <cranew@...> on Nov 4, 1997