Bruleau

Ingredients

• 3 ladlefuls brandy
• 1/2 orange
• 12 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• allspice
• 6 lumps sugar
• 1 small cupful strong, hot, clear black coffee
• alcohol

Instructions

1. Put into the special bruleau bowl, which has its own brandy ladle, three ladlefuls of brandy, along with the yellow peel of half an orange, a dozen cloves, a stick of cinnamon, a few grains of alspice and six lumps of sugar.
2. Let stand several hours to extract the essential oils.
3. At serving time put in an extra ladleful of brandy for every person to be served, and two lumps of domino sugar.
4. Pour alcohol in the tray underneath the bowl, light it, and stir the brandy back and forth until it also catches from the flame below.
5. Let burn two or three minutes. Extinguish the lights, as they should be, for the effect.
6. After the three minutes pour in strong, hot, clear, black coffee, a small cupful for each person.
7. Keep stirring until the flame dies out, then serve literally blazing hot.