Excellent Punch
A historical recipe from The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851).
A historical recipe
The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Project Gutenberg eBook #55314.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Ingredients 2 ingredients
- 3 pints of barley water
- ½ pint of brandy
Method
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- Put a piece of lemon peel into 3 pints of barley water, let it cool, add the juice of 6 lemons, and ½ pint of brandy;
- sweeten to taste, and put it in the cool, for four hours.
- Add a little fine old rum.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Vegetable peeler