Bishop Punch Or "Smoking Bishop"
Ingredients
1 orange 8 whole cloves 1 bottle dry wed wine, traditionally port or Bordeaux 4 oz. sugar 1 cinnamon stick Nutmeg
Cut the orange in quarters and push two cloves into the skin of each piece. Place the wine, studded oranges, sugar, and cinnamon stick in large saucepan. Stir and simmer over a very low heat for 30 minutes. Do not boil. Pour into a warmed heat-proof punch bowl. Grate nutmeg on top to garnish.
Champagne Punch
Ingredients
12 oz. can frozen lemonade 18-19 oz. frozen pineapple juice ¾ quart cold water 1 quart dry ginger ale 1 bottle dry champagne, chilled 1 pint each lemon, lime, and orange sherbet
Mix lemonade, pineapple juice, and water. Place in refrigerator. Just before serving, add ginger ale and sparkling water. Scoop sherbets into punch. Pour champagne evenly over punch. Stir gently.
Cranberry Punch
Ingredients
2 quarts cranberry juice 2 quarts tea of Good Tidings (available at Village Herb Shop, Chagrin Falls, Ohio (440) 247-5029) ⅓ c. sugar Bag of cranberries
Mix all together. Garnish with cranberries.
Cranberry Punch
Ingredients
4 c. cranberry juice 1 ½ c. sugar 4 c. pineapple juice 1 T. almond extract 2 quarts ginger ale
Mix all ingredients. Chill or add ice cubes.
Raspberry Champagne Punch
Ingredients
Two 10 ounce packages frozen raspberries ½ c. sugar ½ c. lemon juice One bottle rose wine One bottle champagne One tub raspberry sherbet
Puree raspberries in blender. Place in punch bowl along with sugar and lemon juice. Mix well. Add rose wine and mix. Before serving, gently stir in rose wine and add sherbet.