Frozen Christmas Wreath

Description

• Makes: 1 ring

Ingredients

• water, boiled and cooled
• Fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 bunch mint sprigs, fresh
• 2 lemons

Directions

1. Freeze this floating ring in stages so decorations don't rise to the top.
2. Never use real holly; it is poisonous.
3. In a 10 inch ring mold, freeze ¼ inch water until solid.
4. Pour ⅛" cluster of 3 cranberries around inner edge of mould and freeze till solid.
5. Repeat with second ⅛th inch layer of water and cranberries around outer edge of mould; freeze.
6. Repeat water layer; arrange tiny clusters of mint and single leaves face down among berry clusters to look like holly.
7. Freeze.
8. Using stripper and working from top to bottom, cut 8 evenly spaced ridges out of rind of each lemon; cut each lemon into 8 thin rounds.
9. Pour ⅛ inch water into mould; arrange overlapping lemon slices all around mould.
10. Tuck in mint leaves, face down; freeze.
11. Repeat pouring in water; arrange ring of cranberries against outer edge of mould and freeze.
12. If necessary pour in water to top of mould; freeze.
13. To unmould, dip ring into cold water for 30 seconds; invert on plate and unmould.
14. Slide into punch, rounded side up.