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Peach Punch

6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 soup plate Peaches, fresh, ripe
• Sugar, crushed (a little)
• Water (a little)
• 3 bottle Moselle wine

Instructions

1. Serves 6-8 people.
2. Peel fresh, ripe peaches, slice them finely, and place a heaping soup plate full into a container, layering with crushed sugar.
3. Add a little water, swirl, and let stand, well covered, for 12-14 hours.
4. Then pour in 3 bottles of Moselle wine and serve the punch as soon as it is sufficiently chilled over ice.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.