Ruby Red Wine Punch Recipes

Steps:

• Place strawberries, lemon juice and honey in a food processor; process until pureed. If desired, press through a fine-mesh strainer into a punch bowl; discard seeds. Stir in cranberry juice, water and lemonade concentrate., Just before serving, stir in wine. Serve with sliced fruit.

Steps:

• 1. In saucepan, combine water, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Strain out spices and chill liquid, about 2 hours.
• 2. Combine chilled mixture with wine and cranberry-apple juice in punch bowl. Garnish with mint leaves or lemon peel twists if desired.

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.

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.

Steps:

• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then transfer to a bowl and cool syrup completely (or quick-chill by setting bowl in an ice bath and stirring occasionally until cool).
• Stir together juices, wine, Cognac, mint, fruit, and cooled syrup in a large pitcher. Chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour. Stir in Champagne.

Steps:

• Place the crushed cinnamon, cloves and lime-skin strips in a saucepan with the 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and boil gently for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to steep for 10 minutes. Strain. (You should have about 2 1/2 cups.) While still hot, stir in the honey.
• Combine the lukewarm syrup with the red wine and transfer the mixture to wine bottles or large glass jars. Refrigerate and serve over ice with a small wedge of lime per serving.