May Wine Punch With Sweet Woodruff (mai Bowle)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 small bunch fresh sweet woodruff
• 4 tablespoons superfine sugar, to taste (or honey)
• 1 (750 ml) bottle wine (such as german rhine wine, riesling, or moselle)
• 4 tablespoons brandy (preferably asbach uralt) (optional)
• 1 (750 ml) bottle champagne, well chilled (pink or , or german sekt)
• 1 cup fresh strawberries (wild alpine strawberries would be ideal)
• fresh orange slice, to garnish
• fresh sweet woodruff, to garnish
• fresh edible flower, optional to garnish (such as johnny jump-ups and violets)
• ice

Recipe

• 1 place sprigs of fresh sweet woodruff into the wine. cover and let steep at least 30 minutes, or overnight.
• 2 pour the wine over ice into a punch bowl; discard the woodruff.
• 3 add the sugar, brandy, champagne, strawberries and orange slices, stir gently to combine.
• 4 garnish with additional fresh sweet woodruff and float fresh edible flowers such as johnny jump-ups and violets in the punch bowl, as desired.
• 5 serve the punch thoroughly chilled, in wine glasses or champagne flutes.