Red Punch Food

RED WINE PUNCH

Steps:

• Try this grown-up take on fruit punch: Combine 1 bottle red wine, 6 ounces brandy, 6 ounces raspberry or orange liqueur and the juice of 2 lemons in a large pitcher and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. Serve over ice and garnish with raspberries and orange slices.

RED WINE PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix the first 3 ingredients together, using equal amounts of each.
• Put in the fridge to chill.
• If making punch freeze some of the leftover ginger ale to use as an ice ring in the punch bowl.
• If using ice ring put it in the punch bowl.
• Pour punch into bowl.
• Squeeze half the lime over top of the punch.
• May slice and float lime slices in bowl if desired.

RED HOT PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large pan place sugar, water, and candies. Heat until candies are melted. Set aside and cool.
• Mix together pineapple juice, lemonade, water, and ginger ale.
• Serve with ice immediately.

RED PUNCH IN A RUSH

Steps:

• Pour the Hawaiian Punch into a punch bowl.
• Add the chilled soda by pouring it down the side, slowly.
• Add ice and serve.

RED VELVET PUNCH

Steps:

• Add the raspberries, agave nectar, lime, and mint to the bottom of a glass pitcher. Muddle with a wooden spoon. Top with ice, club soda, and pomegranate juice. Stir together and pour into glasses filled with ice.

PRAIRIE PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large (gallon-sized) pitcher or vessel of choice, add the cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, Simple Syrup, grape juice, orange juice and lime juice. Stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Add ice to top up the pitcher or, if you prefer, put ice in the glasses first and fill with the punch.
• Add the sugar and 1 cup water to a pan over medium heat. Heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Let cool completely, then chill before using.

BLOOD-RED CHERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• Welcome your guests with a cup of "blood": Stir one 64-ounce bottle cherry or cranberry-cherry juice, 1 liter ginger ale, 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1 tablespoon grenadine in a large punch bowl. Add 2 cups frozen cherries and 1 orange, cut into chunks. (To spike it, add 2 cups bourbon or rye and 3 dashes orange bitters. )

DRAGON'S BLOOD PUNCH (NON-ALCOHOLIC)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large punch bowl or pot. Add ice and stir.
• For grown up version, add 4 cups berry vodka and 1/2 cup orange liqueur.
• Ladle into serving glasses.

RED SLUSH PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the strawberry gelatin mix and 9 cups of boiling water. Set aside. In a large pot, bring the remaining 9 cups of water to a boil. Stir in the sugar until dissolved. Pour the sugar water into the gelatin water, then stir in the pineapple juice and lemon juice, mixing well. Pour into four 1-gallon size resealable freezer bags, or pretty Bundt pans to freeze.
• To make punch, place one of the frozen portions into a punch bowl, and pour 1 bottle of ginger ale over.

PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix all together.
• Enough for two punch bowls.
• I usually put some of the mixture (so i do not dilute the mixture with ice) in the bottom of a nice mold and drop cherries, kiwis whatever you like to make a nice decoration and then put that in the freezer. When guests arrive I take it out and drop it in my punch bowl, looks really good.
• Makes the equivalent of 3 large soda pop bottles.

RED CREAM SODA PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large punch bowl or several pitchers, combine the water, concentrates and sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until chilled. Just before serving, stir in the cream soda.

EDOUARDO JORDAN'S JUNETEENTH RED PUNCH

Steps:

• Prepare the syrup: In a medium saucepan, bring strawberries, sugar, ginger and 3/4 cup water to a simmer over low heat and cook for 15 minutes until liquid reduces. (If it starts to boil, lower the heat as needed.) Remove from heat, cover with a lid and let it cool to room temperature.
• Strain cooled syrup through a fine-mesh strainer, mashing the pulp to extract as much liquid as possible. (You should have about 1 cup.) Refrigerate until ready to use. (The syrup will last for 1 week.)
• Batch the cocktail: In a large mason jar or pitcher, combine 6 ounces syrup with the Cognac, juices and ginger beer. Stir with a wooden spoon and seal. (You can mix it up and refrigerate to 1 day in advance.)
• When ready to serve, fill six old-fashioned glasses with ice. Stir the batched cocktail (in case it settled while chilling) and divide it equally among glasses. Top each glass with 2 ounces wine and garnish, if desired.

RUBY PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix cranberry juice cocktail, cloves and cinnamon sticks in medium saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat; cover. Simmer on low heat 5 min.; cool. Remove cloves and cinnamon sticks; discard.
• Place drink mixes in punch bowl just before serving. Add cold water; stir until drink mixes are completely dissolved. Stir in cranberry juice mixture.
• Add ice cubes.