Cooks Note Making An Ice Ring Food

HOW TO MAKE AN ICE RING

Steps:

• Layer one of the fruits and some of the punch (1" at a time) in a ring mold.
• Freeze each layer before adding the next layer.
• Layer with as many fruits as you want in your mold.
• When the ring mold is frozen solid, and ready to put in the punch bowl, sit mold in hot water for 1 minute. This will help to make it come out of the mold easily.

MAKING AN ICE RING

Steps:

• Here's an easy way to make an ice ring for chilling a bowl of punch, using a ring mold or bundt cake pan. Make sure the mold you choose is smaller than your punch bowl. Arrange 1/4-inch slices of lemons, limes and oranges or other sliced fruit or berries in ring mold. Slowly add just enough water or fruit juice to partially cover fruit (too much water will make the fruit float) freeze. When frozen, add enough water or juice to fill mold three-fourths full freeze overnight to make sure ice ring is solid. When you're ready to serve the punch, run hot water over bottom of the mold to loosen the ice ring. Remove the ice ring from the mold, and float it, fruit side up, in the punch. Or use the same method to make floating ice disks from muffin cups, which take less time to freeze.From "Betty Crocker's Complete Cookbook, Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, 9th Edition." Text Copyright 2000 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

ICE CUBES

Steps:

• Empty the ice cubes that are left in the trays (if there are any left) into the bin.
• Take the trays over to the sink and fill them with cold water. (Hot water will freeze faster and more clear).
• Place the water filled ice trays back in the freezer.
• Replace the ice bin if you had to remove it.
• Shut the door to the freezer.
• Be sure to leave for around 4-6 hours at least to make sure it is frozen.
• If you want to experiment, you can freeze things like fruit infused waters or juices.

COOK'S NOTE: MAKING AN ICE RING

Steps:

• Here's how to make a pretty ice ring for the punch bowl: Arrange fruit pieces in the bottom of a ring-shaped cake pan or decorative gelatin mold. Choose a combination of pineapple chunks, peach slices, mandarin orange segments, maraschino cherries and fresh or frozen berries. Add enough water (distilled water makes for a more clear ice ring) or fruit juice to partially cover the fruit and hold it in place. Freeze. Add more of the same liquid to fill the mold freeze until firm. To loosen the ice ring, dip the mold briefly in hot water. Remove the ice ring and float it, fruit side up, in the punch bowl.