Christmas Champagne Punch with Vanilla Bean and Fresh Raspberries
Submitted by: Michael C.
Three vanilla beans are scraped and their seeds are combined with champagne, ginger ale, lemonade and pulp-free orange juice. This mixture is chilled for an hour and then poured into sugar-rimmed glasses, over raspberries, blueberries, and the halved vanilla beans.
Ingredients
- Granulated sugar - 1 cup
- Granulated sugar - 1 Tbsp.
- Champagne, chilled - 750 ml
- Ginger Ale, chilled - 1 liter
- Lemonade, chilled - 8 oz.
- Orange juice (no pulp), chilled - 8 oz.
- Vanilla Bean - 3
- Fresh raspberries - 12
- Fresh blueberries - 12
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Method
Put the 1 cup of sugar into a coffee cup. Dip 6 champagne glasses in water 1/2-inch up the rim, then dip in sugar to coat the rim. Put glasses in the freezer. Slice the vanilla beans in half lengthwise, and scrape the seeds into in a small pitcher. Add the 1 tbsp. of sugar; mix together. Slowly whisk in the champagne, then the ginger ale, lemonade, and orange juice. Chill for 1 hour until very cold. Remove glasses from the freezer. Place 1/2 of a split vanilla bean in each glass, along with 2 raspberries, and 2 blueberries. Fill each glass with the punch. Serve immediately.
Notes: This is a great punch for any party, but especially on Christmas. It?s refreshing and fun. While drinking the punch, you can suck on the vanilla bean and eat the fresh berries.
Number of Servings: 6 servings
Submitted by: Michael C. ( See all of Michael C. Recipes )
