Victorian Recipes

HYPOCRAS PUNCH

4 cups wine (red or white)          4 cloves

1 tsp. ginger                        4 pepper corns

3/4 cups sugar                      1/2 nutmeg

3 sticks cinnamon

Garnish: 1/2 tsp. dried Rosemary, 6 slices of orange or lemon our wine in a jug with ginger, sugar and broken cinnamon sticks and the crush remaining spices and add to wine.  Cover jug and let sit for 12 hrs.  Strain wine through cheese cloth into a sauce pan and heat over medium heat until hot, but not boiling.  Serve with garnish.

BISHOP PUNCH

2 oranges              Place whole cloves in oranges and bake 1/2 hr. add 16 whole cloves        300 degrees F.  In a sauce pan heat until moderately

2 Tbs. Brown Sugar     warm the port and sugar.  Put oranges in punch bowl

1 bottle Port          and pour port over and serve.

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