Recipe - Frozen Christmas Wreath

Water;boiled and cooled
Fresh or frozen cranberries
1 bn Mint sprigs, fresh
2 Lemons

Freeze this floating ring in stage so decoration don't rise to the top and
add to a holiday punch bowl. NEVER use real holly; it is poisonous.

In a 10 inch ring mold, freeze One fourth inch water until solid. Pour 1/8"
cluster of 3 cranberries around inner edge of mould and freeze till solid.
Repeat with second 1/8th inch layer of water and cranberries around outer
edge of mould; freeze. Repeat water layer; arrange tiny clusters of mint
and single leaves face down among berry clusters to look like holly.
Freeze. Using stripper and working from top to bottom, cut 8 evenly spaced
ridges out of rind of each lemon; cut each lemon into 8 thin rounds. Pour
1/8 inch water into mould; arrange overlapping lemon slices all around
mould. Tuck in mint leaves, face down; freeze. Repeat pouring in water;
arrange ring of cranberries against outer edge of mould and freeze. If
necessary pour in water to top of mould; freeze. To unmould, dip ring into
cold water for 30 seconds; invert on plate and unmould. Slide into punch,
rounded side up. MAKES: 1 ring

Source: The Merry Christmas Cookbook from Canadian Living magazine

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