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Peach Punch Bowl

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 bottle Rhine wine, aged
• 0.5 bottle Sherry
• 400 g sugar cubes
• 1.5 glass Arrack
• sugar, a piece, for flambéing (a little)
• peaches, preserved (a little)

Instructions

1. For 4-6 people.
2. Pour 1 bottle of aged Rhine wine and ½ bottle of sherry into a vessel and add 400 grams of sugar cubes.
3. Place the vessel in simmering water and let it sit, covered, until the sugar has melted and the wine is hot.
4. Then, place a fairly large piece of sugar in a metal spoon, pour about 1½ glasses of arrack over it, and ignite; hold the spoon over the punch bowl so that the melting sugar drips into it.
5. Just before serving, add some preserved peaches.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.