Thanksgiving Star Cider Punch
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Author Notes: Far from the usual, this warm punch is made with pear nectar, red wine, and honey that's steeped with star anise and dried hibiscus blossoms. Star anise, gives it a licorice-like flavor. - Kukla
Serves 8
- • 1cup dried hibiscus blossoms
- • 4 cups pear nectar
- • 2 cups red wine
- • 1/4 cup lemon juice
- • 1 cup star anise
- • 1/3 cup honey
- • star anise, fresh pear wedges, if desired
- Pour 2 cups boiling water over 1/2 cup dried hibiscus blossoms (Jamaica) and let steep 5 minutes. Meanwhile, warm 4 cups pear nectar, 2 cups red wine, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and 2 star anise over low heat.
- Strain hibiscus infusion into a large pitcher, add pear nectar mixture, and stir in 1/3 cup honey. Serve warm in mugs. Garnish each serving with a whole star anise and fresh pear wedges if you like.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Punch
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over 1 year ago Kukla
Those two punch recipes (“Thanksgiving Star Cider Punch” and “Apricot-Apple Cider Punch”) are very old-fashioned, I found them in a Russian Food Encyclopedia, which my Mom got as a gift in 1955 and it has 960 pages of every type of food, preparation tips, serving suggestions and much-much more. But since it is written in Russian, I have to translate and make each recipe a couple times to figure out measurements correctly.
over 1 year ago sdebrango
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Never would have thought to use hibiscus, it sounds wonderful with pear and star anise. Delicious!
over 1 year ago Kukla
Those two punch recipes (“Thanksgiving Star Cider Punch” and “Apricot-Apple Cider Punch”) are very old-fashioned, I found them in a Russian Food Encyclopedia, which my Mom got as a gift in 1955 and it has 960 pages of every type of food, preparation tips, serving suggestions and much-much more. But since it is written in Russian, I have to translate and make each recipe a couple times to figure out measurements correctly.