A Midsummer's Eve Celebration: Borage Wine Punch

Serves about 30
This punch will gladden the heart of midsummer revelers.

• 1 gallon dry red wine
• 1 cup sugar (more to taste)
• ½ cup lemon juice
• 1 stalk borage
• Crystallized borage flowers
• Lemon slices

1. In a large nonmetallic container, pour the red wine, lemon juice and sugar. Add the borage stalk, cover and refrigerate overnight.
2. At serving time, remove the borage, pour the wine into a chilled punch bowl and decorate it with crystallized borage flowers and lemon slices.

For many years, Caroline Glass has held Midsummer’s Eve celebrations in her garden in ­Philomath, Oregon.

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