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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 14 ingredients

  1. Sherbet
  2. Rum
  3. Cut
  4. a glassful of gin may be substituted
  5. Punch
  6. a glassful of sherry
  7. Brandy
  8. Rub
  9. Apple
  10. Lemons
  11. Sugar
  12. Peach
  13. Water
  14. Powdered sugar
Contains Sulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon High in vitamin C · Source of protein

    High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. dozen small sprigs of early mint into a large tumbler, and sprinkle over them a table-spoonful of white powdered sugar.
  2. Pill up a third of the glass with peach brandy and French ;
  3. brandy in equal proportions, and add as much pounded ice as the tumbler will contain.
  4. Rub the rim of the tumbler with a shoe of fresh pine-apple, and drink the contents as the ice melts.
  5. If the brandy is not at hand, a glassful of sherry and a glassful of gin may be substituted for it, and an inch or two of orangerind may be added as flavouring.
  6. Punch, Glasgow (from Lockhart’s “Peter’s Letters” ).
  7. — “ The sugar being melted with a little cold water, the artist squeezed about a dozen lemons through a wooden strainer, and then poured in water enough almost to fill the bowl.
  8. In this state the liquor goes by the name of sherbet, and a few of the connoisseurs in his immediate neighbourhood were requested to give their opinion of it — for in the mixing of the sherbet lies, according to the Glasgow creed, at least one-half of the whole battle.
  9. This being approved of by an audible smack from the lips of the umpires, the rum was added to the beverage, I suppose, in something about the proportion from one to seven.
  10. Last of all, the maker cut a few limes, and running each section rapidly round the rim of his bowl, squeezed in enough of this more delicate acid to flavour the whole composition.” Glasgow punch should be made of the coldest spring water, newly drawn from the spring.
  11. The acid ingredients mentioned above are enough for a large bowl.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve