Holiday Cranberry Punch

Don't forget to add the RUM!!

Ingredients

28 oz. cranberry juice
2 bottles sparkling white wine or prosecco or champagne, chilled
1 cup late-harvest wine or sweet wine (Riesling), chilled
2 cups fresh cranberries, plus more for garnish
1/4 cup sugar
hot water, optional

Directions

Place fresh cranberries in a bundt pan and cover them with hot water. Immediately place in freezer and freeze for at least 2 hours, or until frozen.
Note: the hot water will freeze clear.
Pour cranberry juice into a large punch bowl and stir in sugar. Mix until sugar is completely dissolved.
Pour sparkling wine and sweet wine into cranberry mixture and give a gentle stir.
Retrieve cranberry bundt from freezer and run hot water over the bottom, releasing ice from pan.
Place cranberry ice ring in bowl to chill and decorate punch.
Ladle punch into glasses and garnish with skewered cranberries.

More Info

Servings / Yield: Yields 3 quarts
Prep Time: Unspecified   /   Total Time: Unspecified
Category: Appetizer
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