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Herbal Punch and Ice Ring.
Herbal Punch
Ingredients:
4 Cans frozen juice concentrate do not dilute.
4 teaspoons rose water
Sparkling Water 2 liters
Herbal Tea Concentrate
Procedure:
Make herbal tea of your choice. I use loose teas or commercial herbal tea combinations. Lemon verbena, orange, hibiscus,
mints, fruit any combo will do.
Boil 1 quart of water add herbs.
Let steep 20 minutes. Cool Pour 1/2 tea Cool Pour into punch bowl
Add 2 cans of frozen juice concentrate, raspberry, cranberry, tropical fruit etc.
Add 1 liter of sparkling water
Add 2 teaspoons rose water
Add Ice ring.
You may also add sherbet at this time.
Recipe wail make 2 batches of punch.
Herbal Ice Cubes
Give your drinks a festive look by freezing herbs and flowers in water in Ice cube trays.
Nasturtium petals and leaves, mint leaves, rose petals, apple blossoms violets and violas will add a splash of color.
Fill Ice Cube Tray half full of distilled or purified water, add the flowers, herbs and leaves. Freeze. Top with water
and freeze. You can make large batches in advance. Store in zip lock freezer bags.
Purified or distilled gives a clearer Ice Cube
Herbal Ice Ring
Should be prepared a day ahead
Ingredients1 quart of water
1/8 cup agave syrup or 1/c sugar or honey.
10 Herbal Teas, bags or 1 cup various dried bulk herbs. Lemon balm, lavender, mint, orange, raspberry, peach, hibiscus
or any of the commercial combinations,
Fresh unsprayed flowers, violets, pansies, roses
Fresh or Frozen raspberries, strawberries or blue berries, peaches
Any fruit will due, get creative,
Make a very strong herbal tea with one quart of boiling water Steep 30 minutes.Add Agave syrup. Strain into Pitcher.
Pour a layer into mold. Freeze until hard
Place flowers into mold freeze for 20 minutes.
Add tea to cover. Freeze until firm
Add layer of fruit. Freeze
Continue to add tea flowers and fruit until mold is full freezing until firm between each layer.
NOTE: you can purchase rose water at Central Market or any Persian Grocery Sotre.
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