Frozen Christmas Wreath
INGREDIENTS:
Water; boiled and cooled Fresh
or
frozen cranberries 1 bn Mint sprigs, fresh
2 Lemons
DIRECTIONS:
1. Freeze this floating ring in stage so decoration dont
rise to the top and add to a holiday punch bowl. Never
use real holly; it is poisonous. In a 10 inch ring mold,
freeze 1/4 inch water until solid. Pour 1/8" cluster of 3
cranberries around inner edge of mould and freeze till
solid. Repeat with second 1/8th inch layer of water and
cranberries around outer edge of mould; freeze. Repeat
water layer; arrange tiny clusters of mint and single
leaves face down among berry clusters to look like holly.
Freeze. Using stripper and working from top to bottom,
cut 8 evenly spaced ridges out of rind of each lemon; cut
each lemon into 8 thin rounds. Pour 1/8 inch water into
mould; arrange overlapping lemon slices all around
mould. Tuck in mint leaves, face down; freeze. Repeat
pouring in water; arrange ring of cranberries against outer
edge of mould and freeze. If necessary pour in water to top
of mould; freeze. To unmould, dip ring into cold water
for 30 seconds; invert on plate and unmould. Slide into
punch, rounded side up.
Frozen Christmas Wreath
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