Recipe: Holiday Mimosas (cocktail)

Holiday Mimosas
Makes about twenty-four 1/2-cup servings
The blood orange juice contributes a deep red color to this punch. Quart containers of blood orange juice are widely available during the holiday season. However, you may substitute regular orange juice--just add a few drops of red food coloring for color, if you wish.

1/2 gallon blood orange juice, chilled
1 bottle (750 ml) champagne, chilled
1 cup light corn syrup
6 blood orange slices, quartered
24 small mint sprigs

Just before serving, in large punch bowl, combine 1/2 gallon juice, bottle of champagne, and 1 cup corn syrup. With sharp knife, make 1/4-inch slit between orange flesh and peel; arrange orange pieces on a small plate along with mint sprigs.

To serve, ladle into punch cups. Garnish by hooking one orange quarter onto the rim of the cup, with the point inside the glass, and floating a mint sprig on top.