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Eggnog Punch

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1.5 bottle French wine, good
• 0.5 l water, boiling
• 250 g sugar
• 1 pcs lemon, grated
• 2 pcs lemons, juice
• tea (a little)
• nutmeg (a little)
• cloves (a little)
• 8 pcs eggs, fresh
• Arrack (to taste)

Instructions

1. Prepare 1½ bottles of good French wine, a generous ½ liter of boiling water, 250 grams of sugar, plus the grated zest of 1 lemon and the juice of 2 lemons, a little tea, nutmeg, and a few cloves, as well as 8 fresh eggs.
2. Steep the spices in the boiling water, then strain them out.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients and vigorously whisk everything over high heat until foam forms; it must not boil.
4. After removing from heat, continue whisking for a bit and add arrack to taste.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.