Recipes from Yesteryear:
Clerics’ Punch: Combine port and Burgundy in large saucepan. Cut unpeeled orange in ¼-inch slices. Notch peels evenly
Recipes from Spring Trout and Strawberry Pancakes
Clerics’ Punch
An excerpt from ” Spring Trout and Strawberry Pancakes “, Starting on page 150.
Ingredients:
4⁄5 quart of ruby port.
4⁄5 quart of Burgundy.
1 orange.
Whole cloves.
2 cinnamon sticks.
Roast Orange*.
Directions:
Combine port and Burgundy in large saucepan. Cut unpeeled orange in ¼-inch slices. Notch peels evenly (at about
¾-inch intervals) to form flowers, stud center of each with whole clove and add to wine with cinnamon. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks. Preheat punch 5 hot wine mixture. Add Roast Orange. Serve hot in punch cups. Makes 12 servings.
*ROAST ORANGE: Stud whole orange with whole cloves in attractive pattern; bake on a small piece of aluminum foil in 350°F. oven about 1 hour, or until soft and darkened.