Orange Grenadine Iced Tea Food

ORANGE ICE TEA

Steps:

• Special equipment: a 60-ounce (7 1/2 cups) pitcher
• For the syrup: In a small saucepan, bring the orange juice and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool for 20 minutes.
• For the tea: In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Add the tea bags and remove the pan from the heat. Allow the tea to steep and cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Remove the tea bags and discard. Pour the tea and syrup into a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To serve: Pour the sparkling water into the pitcher and add the orange slices. Pour the tea into 4 ice-filled glasses. Garnish with fresh mint, or basil, and serve.

ICED TEA WITH GRENADINE

Steps:

• In a large container, mix together the tea, lemon juice, and grenadine. Pour over ice when ready to serve.

ICED TEA WITH GRENADINE

Steps:

• In a large ball jar (or other transporting container), mix together the tea, lemon juice, and grenadine. Pour over ice when ready to serve.

ORANGE GRENADINE WITH GRANOLA

Steps:

• With a sharp paring knife, cut off both the orange outer skin of the oranges and the cottony white skin surrounding the flesh of the fruit. Cut each orange crosswise into 5 slices, each about 3/8-inch thick. Place the orange slices in a bowl, and refrigerate until serving time.
• When ready to serve, spoon about 1/4 cup of the yogurt onto each of six dessert plates, and sprinkle with grenadine and granola. Arrange about 3 slices of orange on top of the mixture on each plate and, if desired, sprinkle the orange slices with a little Cointreau. Serve immediately.

HOMEMADE GRENADINE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar and pomegranate juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved; remove from heat. If desired, stir in lemon juice; cool. Cover and store in the refrigerator up to 4 weeks.

ORANGE ICED TEA

Steps:

• With a vegetable peeler, peel each orange in a continuous spiral, removing only the outer colored layer of peel.
• In a large pitcher, pour boiling water over the tea bags and orange peel. Cover and steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Chill tea mixture with peel in a covered container.
• To serve, remove the peel and pour iced tea over ice cubes in tall glasses.
• Sweeten to taste with honey (or brown sugar). Garnish with orange slices and fresh mint leaves, if desired.

RED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add tea bags and steep for 4 to 6 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags. Add remaining 2 cups water. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour.
• Fill a large pitcher with ice. Add orange and lemon slices and chilled tea. Pour into glasses with ice, and garnish with mint.

ORANGE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Mix ingredients in highball glass.
• Add ice.