Lavender Punch

Total Time: 72 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 72 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/4 teaspoon whole cloves
• 3 (6 ounce) cans frozen grape juice
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 2 (1 1/2 liter) bottles ginger ale
• seedless grapes, for garnish
• ice (a big block)

Recipe

• 1 base for punch may be done up day ahead and stored in container in refrigerator overnight.
• 2 in saucepan combine water, cinnamon, cloves, and bring to a boil.
• 3 remove from heat and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
• 4 chill.
• 5 strain out spices.
• 6 combine grape and lime juices and mix well.
• 7 just before serving, pour over ice block in a punch bowl.
• 8 add ginger ale garnish with grapes hanging partly over the edge of the punch bowl.
• 9 ice blocks make about 2 or 3 days prior so they'll be frozen solid.
• 10 you can use any plastic container to make ice blocks up as long as the block will fit into your punch bowl.
• 11 i save my margarine, yogurt or ice cream containers to make ice blocks with as they work great.
• 12 partly freeze 1/2 the container with water or ginger ale.
• 13 add garnishes (e.g. thinly sliced lemon/lime or oranges, whole maraschino cherries, grapes, etc).
• 14 fill container with water or ginger ale.
• 15 freeze until solid.