To my amazement, the hit of the night was the Champagne Punch. I've never served punch before, and was a little nervous about how it would be received. (Our Crowd loves their champagne and is veddy veddy particular about it - Pol Roger and Louis Roederer being the current faves.)
I highly recommend this recipe, not least of all because it gives a lot of bang for the buck (don't even think about using Veuve or somesuch - go with Prosecco or a Spanish sparkling like we did) - and these days, that counts. This would also be magnificent at a brunch.
From Epicurious.com
Ingredients
- 1 cup Triple Sec
- 1 cup brandy
- 1/2 cup Chambord
- 2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1 quart chilled ginger ale
- 2 chilled 750-ml. bottles dry champagne (prosecco is great too)
In a bowl combine the Triple Sec, the brandy, the Chambord and the pineapple juice and chill the mixture, covered, for at least 4 hours or overnight. In a large punch bowl combine the Triple Sec mixture, the ginger ale, and the champagne and add ice cubes.
The recipe says that it serves 12 - we doubled it for 50, but this wasn't the only thing we were serving.
Ooh! Now I need to invest in a proper punchbowl! Any suggestions?
8 comments:
This is a great coincidence. I'm throwing a New Year's Eve party and instead of having a full bar, I want to have some sort of champagne punch. This recipe sounds great. I usually use Zardetto Prosecco...my spelling is crap, so I may have mangled some words. Thanks for the recipe!
SO glad to be of help! your guests will rave - I promise. Good luck with the par-tay! EEE
You've given me an idea. I need a punch bowl desperately...I'll post a blog on bowls.
Can't wait to see what you come up with - definitely keep us posted. I'm thinking Chinese Export porcelain myself.... EEE
Holly Golightly sure makes a hangover look stylish.
I have always loved that photo of Audrey with CAT.
For the punch bowl, why not think out of the box, a vessel, vase, tub, or urn ( with a glass liner)? Something with a pedestal for added punch - perhaps.
Oooooh...what fun! Funny how these old-fashioned things never fail to delight even the most jaded of us. I will keep an eye out for the perfect punch bowl... XO!
Patricia - brilliant idea - ebay here I come! Holly's CAT looks very much like my Gus, although I think Gus is a bit more handsome. EEE
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