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Milk Punch

A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).

A historical recipe

A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71395 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71395). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Prepare a syrup from one-half pint of water and three and one-half oz.
  2. of sugar, the consistence at the boil being 170° (Baumé’s Hydrometer).
  3. Set to infuse in this syrup two orange and two lemon zests.
  4. Strain at the end of ten minutes, and add one-half pint of rum, one-fifth pint of kirsch, two-thirds pint of milk, and the juice of three oranges and three lemons.
  5. Mix thoroughly.
  6. Let it stand for three hours;
  7. filter, and serve cold.