Honey-Citrus Iced Tea
Taste of Home
- try a FREE ISSUE today!
A frozen orange or lemon slice in the glass looks pretty and helps keep this refreshing punch nice and cold. Appropriately for my bee theme, the blend is sweetened with honey.
-Sheila Bradshaw, Columbus, Ohio
SERVINGS: 8
CATEGORY: Low Fat
METHOD: Chill
TIME: Prep: 15 min. + chilling
Ingredients:
- 4 individual tea bags
- 2 cups boiling water
- 3 medium navel oranges
- 2 medium lemons
- 2 cups orange juice
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 liter ginger ale, chilled
Directions:
Place tea bags in a teapot; add boiling water. Cover and steep for 3 minutes; discard tea bags. Pour tea into a pitcher. Peel and section two oranges and one lemon; add to tea. Stir in the orange juice, lemon juice and honey. Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight. Cut remaining orange and lemon into slices; freeze.
Just before serving, strain and discard fruit from tea. Stir in ginger ale. Serve with frozen fruit slices. Yield: 8 servings.