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Claret Punch

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 46 servings.

Ingredients

3 cups lemon juice
1 cup superfine sugar
1 large block ice
1/2 pint curaçao
1/2 pint brandy
3 quarts claret (red Bordeaux wine)
1 quart chilled club soda
Fruits in season

Preparation

  1. Combine lemon juice and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Put ice in a punch bowl and pour the sweetened lemon juice over it. Add the curaçao, brandy, wine and club soda, and stir. Decorate with fruit. Serve in 4-ounce punch glasses.

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