| New Year's Beverage Recipes |
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| Alcoholic Beverages: |
| Wine Cooler de Cassis Ingredients: - 750 ml dry to medium white wine, chilled - 750 ml sparkling water, chilled - one can frozen rasberry, concentrate Directions: 1.) Mix concentrate with wine until concentrate is dissolved. Add sparkling water. Substitute your favorite flavor concentrate for the rasberry. Island Rum Punch Ingredients: - 3 cups white rum - 1/2 cup lemon juice - 1/2 cup grapefruit juice - 1 2/3 cups pineapple juice - 2 2/3 cups water - 1/3 cup sugar Directions: 1.) Dissolve sugar in water. Blend with all the juices and the rum. Chill. Holiday Punch Ingredients: - 1/5 white rum - 1/5 white wine - 6 oz. frozen lime juice - 6 oz. frozen lemonade - 1 qt. gingerale - 1 qt. club soda - chopped oranges, lemons & limes - large block of frozen strawberries Directions: 1.) Mix and drink slowly. =) Poinsetta Punch Makes 8 (6 oz.) servings Ingredients: - 3 cups lemon-lime soft drink, chilled - 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, chilled - 1/2 cup orange liqueur - 1 teaspoon almond extract Directions: 1.) In a 2 qt. pitcher, stir together all ingredients. Pour into crystal globlets. To garnish, drop a few fresh cranberries into each globlet. |
| Non-Alcoholic Beverages |
| Red Punch Directions: 1.) Simmer 32 oz. of apple juice with 3 cinnamon sticks and 12 whole cloves for 10 minutes. Cool and refrigerate. Discard spices. Add 1 cup chilled orange juice and 28 oz. of 7-up or Sprite. New Year's Eve Punch Makes 15-20 servings Ingredients: - 3 1/2 liters gingerale - 2 quarts orange juice - 2 oranges, sliced into rounds - 20 maraschino cherries Directions: 1.) In a large punch bowl mix gingerale and orange juice. Place sliced oranges on top of punch and arrange the cherries on top of the orange slices. Mock Champagne Makes 11 cups Ingredients: - 4 cups club soda - 4 cups gingerale - 3 cups unsweetened white grape juice Directions: 1.) Chill club soda, gingerale, and grape juice overnight. 2.) In a large pitcher, combine club soda, gingerale and grape juice. Serve immediately over ice. Snow Punch Ingredients: - 3 cups mashed bananas (4-5 bananas) - 1 cup lemon juice - 2 cups sugar - 2 cups light cream - 42 oz. 7-up or Sprite - 2 cups lemon sherbet - 1/3 cups flaked coconut Directions: 1.) Beat together mashed bananas, lemon juice, and sugar and chill thorougly. Pour banana mixture into punch bowl. Stir in cream. Slowly pour in 7-up or Sprite. Float spoonfuls of lemon sherbet on punch. Sprinkle coconut on top. Frothy Lime Punch Ingredients: - 8 cups pineapple juice - 2 envelopes lime koolaide, unsweetened - 2 cups sugar - 1 quart lime sherbet - 8 cups gingerale Directions: 1.) Put pineapple juice and lime drink mix into punch bowl. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Spoon sherbet into punch bowl 15 minutes before serving then slowly add gingerale. Let stand for 15 minutes. |
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| No matter what you decide to make and/or drink this New Year's, please be safe and remember to not drink and drive, and be careful of hangovers!! |