Champagne Punch Recipes
These champagne punch recipes are what all party punch recipes aspire to be, simple and elegant.
Yet they're just as at home on the brunch buffet table as at the wedding reception. And they feature the two things that go best with champagne-- fruit and sparkle.
Champagne Tutorials:
Opening, Serving and Storing Champagne
Champagne or Sparkling Wine?
Mimosa Punch Recipe
2 12-ounce cans frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
2 quarts (8 cups) sparkling apple juice, apple cider, or ginger ale
3 750-ml. bottles (about 10 cups) champagne
Chill all ingredients well before mixing.
Scoop the orange juice concentrate into a punch bowl. Stir to soften.
Stir in the club soda.
Add the champagne and stir gently.
Float an ice mold. Serve immediately.
Makes about 40 servings.
Strawberry Champagne Punch Recipe
2 10-ounce packages frozen sweetened strawberries, thawed
2 750-ml. bottles rosé wine (about 6½ cups)
1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice
Powdered sugar or simple syrup
3 750-ml. bottles champagne (about 10 cups)
Ice mold
Chill all ingredients well before mixing.
Purée the strawberries in a blender or food processor, adding a little of the rosé wine if necessary. Chill.
Sweeten the lemon juice to taste with sugar or simple syrup and pour it into a punch bowl.
Stir in the puréed strawberries and the wine.
Add the champagne last, just before serving.
Float an ice mold.
Makes about 40 servings.
Watermelon Champagne Punch Recipe
15 cups cubed, seeded watermelon
3/4 cup sugar
3 750-ml. bottles champagne (about 10 cups)
Ice mold
Chill all ingredients well before mixing.
In a blender, puree the watermelon and sugar together, in batches. Chill.
Just before serving, transfer to a punch bowl and slowly add the champagne.
Float an ice mold.
Makes about 40 servings.
See also
Bombay Punch
and
Tequila Punch.
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