An ice ring with colorful citrus fruit slices and pomegranate seeds adds a festive touch to the holiday punch bowl. Add your favorite punch recipe or use the Cranberry Pineapple Punch recipe provided in the tip.
Holiday Punch Ice Ring
- 3 medium oranges (, cut crosswise into thin slices)
- 3 lemons (, cut crosswise into thin slices)
- 3 limes (, cut crosswise into thin slices)
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
- 3 tablespoons McCormick® Rum Extract
- 4 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Orange Extract
- Arrange orange, lemon and lime slices in layers in 6-cup glass bowl, slightly overlapping the fruit slices in each layer. Sprinkle pomegranate seeds, rum flavor and orange extract throughout the layers. Pour enough water into bowl to almost reach top of bowl. (For clear ice, boil the water first then let stand until cooled.)
- Freeze overnight or until ice ring is frozen.
- To unmold ice ring, dip bowl into hot tap water. Unmold ice ring and place in 4-quart punch bowl. Pour Cranberry Pineapple Punch or your favorite punch recipe into bowl. Replenish bowl with additional punch over time.
- Courtesy of McCormick
- Tip: Cranberry Pineapple Punch: Pour 4 cups each cold cranberry juice cocktail and pineapple juice into 3-quart pitcher. Add 2 cups cold ginger ale.
