How to Make an Ice Ring
One of the most useful skills for the holiday host: how to make an ice ring.
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We know you're set with your punch recipes for New Year's. The question is: how to keep them chilled without watering them down with lots of ice cubes?
Today, we're pulling a holiday hosting tip from The Food52 Holiday Recipe & Survival Guide for iPad: Check out our photo tutorial below on how to make a classic ice ring -- just one of 40 photo and video techniques included in the app. It's easier than you may think, and only requires a tube (or Bundt) pan.
Read on below for the handy how-to from our Drinks Prep Chapter.

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Photos by Nicole Franzen