Beverage Recipes
May Wine
Ingredients
May Wine
- 2 fifths semisweet white wine (such as sauterne)
- 1 cup woodruff leaves and blossoms, washed and stems removed
May Wine Punch
- 1 cup sliced strawberries*
- 1 orange, thinly sliced*
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced*
- 1 fifth of extra dry Champagne
Instructions
May Wine
- Early in the day the May wine is to be served, place the woodruff leaves and flowers in a container large enough to hold all the wine, then add the wine.
- Cover and chill in the refrigerator.
May Wine Punch
- Just before serving, place a block of ice and the fruits in a punch bowl.
- Strain the white wine as you pour it over the ice and fruits.
- Add the Champagne.
- Decorate with woodruff leaves and white flowers that have been rinsed off.
Notes
* You can also make the punch without the fruit, and just pour it from a nice pitcher.
Woodruff, used to make May Wine, is easy to grow in a shady spot in a garden or in a container. It is good ground cover and a pretty plant.
The blossoms appear for about two weeks in May.