Strawberry Wine Punch

Strawberry Wine Punch

1 pkgs. frozen sliced strawberries in syrup (10 oz. each) 1/2 cup sugar 2 bottles rose wine 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate (6 oz.) 2 cups pineapple juice, chilled 1 bottle (1 liter) club soda, chilled Ice or Ice ring (recipe follows)

In punch bowl combine strawberries, sugar and 2 cups rose wine. Cover and let stand at room temperature 1 hour. Before serving punch, add frozen lemonade concentrate and pineapple juice. Stir until lemonade is thawed. Stir in remaining wine and club soda. Add ice or ice ring. Makes 24 (4 oz) servings Ice Ring: 6 cups water 5 or 6 large green garden leaves such as lemon leaves (NOT holly) 2 lemons, cut in half 1 can cling peach halves (17 oz) drained 4 strawberries 2 candied cherries, halved

Fill 6 cup ring mold half full of water. Freeze until solid. Remove from freezer, place leaves shiny side up on top of ice. Cut a slice form bottom of lemon halves, so they sit flat. Alternate peach and lemon halves on leaves. tops of fruit should be even and slightly below top of mold. Place a strawberry on each peach half and a cherry half on each lemon half. carefully pour a small amount of water around fruit and leaves. Return to freezer until frozen. Add more water to fill mold to the top, if needed. Freeze mold overnight or for several weeks. The day before serving, unmold ice ring by dipping bottom of mold in cold water; turn out on heavy foil. Wrap ring securely in foil; return to freezer. To serve, unwrap and float ice ring fruit side up in punch bowl. Makes 1 ice ring. Keep a second ice ring in your freezer to replace the melted first one, if desired. Source: Unknown

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