Punch Marquise (Sauternes and Cognac Punch)

Ingredients

• litre Sauternes
• grammes lump sugar
• lemon zest, pinned with a clove
• decilitres cognac
• Thin slices of lemon, to serve

Instructions

1. Put a litre of Sauternes, 250 grammes of lump sugar and a lemon zest pinned with a clove into a copper pan.
2. Dissolve the sugar, then heat the wine until it covers itself with a fine white foam.
3. Remove the zest and the clove, and pour the wine into a punch bowl.
4. Add 2 and a half decilitres of flamed cognac, set it alight, and let it burn right out.
5. Serve with a thin slice of lemon in each glass.