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Woodruff Punch, May Drink, or May Wine

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 handful Woodruff, young, fresh, without blossoms
• 2 bottle White wine, light
• 100 g Sugar, refined

Instructions

1. Place a handful of fresh woodruff, which must be very young and absolutely without blossoms, into a punch bowl.
2. Pour 2 bottles of light white wine over it, cover the terrine, and let the wine steep for no more than ½ hour in a cool place.
3. Then remove the woodruff, add 100 grams of refined sugar, and stir well.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.