VINTAGE PUNCH

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Here's a couple of punch recipes with all the ingredients needed for a successful Valentines celebration, strawberries, cognac, sherry, and champagne...all but the chocolate.


VINTAGE PUNCH
1 orange
2 slices fresh pineapple, cubed
1/2 pint strawberries, hulled and washed
3 tbs cognac
1/ cup medium sherry
2 tbs orange liqueur
2 tbs confectioners sugar
mint leaves for garnish
wash peel and seed the orange. Slice thin. Combine with all the remaining ingredients, put the mint in a large pitcher with ice. Garnish with the mint and serve in champagne glasses.
YIELDS: 2 quarts


PUNCH CHARENTAISE
1 cucumber
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbs grated lemon rind 1/2 cup lemon juice
1 cup orange juice
1 bottle cognac
2 bottle dry champagne
1 cup orange liqueur
wash and dry the unpeeled cucumber, slice as thin as possible and place in a large punch bowl. Add the sugar, lemon rind, lemon juice, orange juice and cognac. Let stand 1 hour or until ready to serve. Put ice in the bowl and mix in the champagne and liqueur.
YIELDS:2 1/2 quarts