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Punch with white wine

From Modern culinary art (1937).

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A historical recipe

Modern culinary art, by Henri-Paul Pellaprat (1937).

France

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

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 1/2 lb. sugar

Cook safely

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

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • 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. Dilute on the fire 1/2 lb.
  2. sugar with a bottleful good white wine (Sauternes for instance).
  3. When it becomes to have a foam and before it is absolutely boiling, infuse the zest of orange or lemon, some cinnamon and a clove.
  4. Strain and add a coffee-cupful of Fine Champagne and flame.
  5. Serve with slice of lemon in the glasses.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater
  • Sieve
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Credit

From Modern culinary art (1937), printed page 427, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/BSG_4VSUP2819

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.