Lemon Champagne Punch Recipes

LEMON DROP CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

Steps:

• With a vegetable peeler, remove zest from each lemon in a long, continuous spiral. Juice lemons, and strain pulp (you should have 3/4 cup juice). Set aside.
• Heat sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add zest. Let syrup cool completely, about 2 hours.
• Pour Champagne, vodka, lemon juice, and syrup into a punch bowl; stir. Serve glasses of punch with candied peels.

LEMON CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix lemonade and water and chill.
• Before serving, add ginger ale and sparkling water and pour over ice cubes in a large punch bowl.
• Pour chilled champagne over punch and stir gently.

LEMON CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine the lemonade and vodka. Slowly stir in the champagne. Pour into ice-filled glasses and garnish with mint sprigs.
• Cook's Note: To make vanilla-flavored vodka, place 3 whole vanilla beans in a 750 ml bottle of plain vodka. Place the bottle in a cool dark place for at least 10 days to allow the vanilla to infuse the vodka. Open the bottle occasionally during the infusion time.

LEMON DROP CHAMPAGNE

Steps:

• In a pitcher, stir to combine lemonade concentrate, Champagne, and sparkling water. Using a slice of lemon, moisten the rim of each glass. Dip rim into crushed lemon drop candies. Pour in the Champagne mixture and garnish with sliced lemons.

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

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• In a pitcher, combine ice, peach, raspberries, blueberries, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Slowly pour in champagne or other sparkling white wine.

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH III

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• In large punch bowl, combine the cranberry juice concentrate, pink lemonade concentrate, limeade concentrate, white wine, club soda and champagne. Garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint leaves.

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH IV

Steps:

• In a large punch bowl, mix together simple syrup, carbonated water, white grape juice and lemon-lime soda.

LEMON PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine sugar and 2 cups of water; heat stirring constantly till sugar dissolves, cool.
• Add 2 cups water, lemon peel and juice, chill.
• Pour in chilled punch bowl, add scoops of sherbert stirring till partially melted.
• Add ginger ale stirring in an up and down motion.

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. pitcher, combine the juices. Refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, stir in Champagne. Serve in Champagne glasses. If desired, garnish with lime slices.

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH WITH BRANDY AND CITRUS

Steps:

• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then transfer to a bowl and cool syrup completely (or quick-chill by setting bowl in an ice bath and stirring occasionally until cool).
• Stir together juices, wine, Cognac, mint, fruit, and cooled syrup in a large pitcher. Chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour. Stir in Champagne.

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH WITH GINGER, LEMON, AND SAGE

Steps:

• Make the ice ring: Arrange lemon slices and sage in bottom of Bundt pan and fill with cold water, leaving about 1" of space at the top. Freeze until set, at least 6 hours and up to overnight.
• Make the punch: Muddle lemon zest, sage, and sugar in a measuring cup with a pour spout until sugar starts to turn green. Add 2 cups warm water and stir until sugar is dissolved, then let sit 10 minutes to infuse.
• Stir in lemon juice, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large punch bowl. Stir in gin and ginger liqueur.
• Just before serving, dip bottom of Bundt pan into a bowl of hot water. Place a plate over mold, invert ice ring onto plate, then transfer to punch bowl. Pour in sparkling water and wine and stir gently.
• Do Ahead
• Punch, without sparkling water and wine, can be made 2 days ahead; transfer to an airtight container and chill.