Honeydew Punch Recipes

HONEY PUNCH

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 1/2 cup water to a boil. Add the honey to the boiling water, then chill.
• Add the cooled honey syrup to a pitcher with the apricot nectar, lemon juice and sparkling apple juice. Serve over ice with lemon slices to garnish.

HONEY PUNCH

Steps:

• Dissolve 1/2 cup honey in 1/2 cup boiling water. Let cool, then pour into a pitcher; add the juice of 2 lemons, 2 cups apricot nectar and 1 cup vodka, if desired. Chill. Add a bottle of sparkling apple juice to the pitcher. Serve over ice with lemon slices.

STRAWBERRY, BASIL, AND HONEY PUNCH

Steps:

• Stir together honey, zest, and 1 1/2 cups hot water in a bowl until honey is dissolved. Let cool. Muddle berries and basil in a pitcher just until basil is fragrant. Stir in honey mixture, lime juice, and tequila. Add ice and serve.

HONEYDEW PUNCH

Steps:

• Process honeydew melon, sweet potato, Granny Smith apple, lemon, kale leaves, and ginger root in a juicer. Stir juice thoroughly.n
• Pour juice into two 1-pint jars. Chill before serving.n

HONEYDEW LIME POPSICLES

Steps:

• Dissolve sugar in water by stirring if using superfine or by heating in a small heavy saucepan if using regular granulated (then cool).
• Blend half of melon and half of lime juice in a blender until smooth. Add syrup and remaining melon and lime juice and purée until smooth. Force purée through a fine-mesh sieve into a 2-quart glass measure or bowl, pressing on solids and then discarding them.
• Pour mixture into molds and freeze until slushy, about 2 hours.
• Insert sticks, then freeze Popsicles until completely hardened, at least 6 hours.

HONEY BANANA PUNCH

Steps:

• In a blender, combine orange juice concentrate and bananas; cover and process until smooth., Pour into a large bowl; add the pineapple juice, water, honey, sugar and soft drink mix. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour into two 2-qt. freezer containers. Cover and freeze until mixture is slushy. , To serve, transfer each portion of fruit slush to a large pitcher. Add 2 liters of soda to each pitcher; stir to blend.