Punch au Rhum (Rum Punch)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1903
Ingredients
- tea
- 1 litre boiling water
- 500 grammes lump sugar
- lemon
- 3/4 litre rum
Instructions
- Make a tea infusion as for the Punch au Kirsch: 20 grammes of tea in a litre of boiling water.
- Strain it over 500 grammes of lump sugar in a punch bowl and dissolve the sugar.
- Add a few thin slices of lemon and three quarters of a litre of rum.
- Flame it.
- Serve with a slice of lemon in each glass.