Celestial Punch (Ponche Celestial)

Ingredients

• 9 lemon peels (cáscaras de limón), pared very thin
• 1/2 botella (bottle) cognac
• 30 lemons, juiced (zumo)
• 2 botellas (bottles) cognac
• 4 libras (pounds) ground sugar
• 4 botellas (bottles) distilled water
• 1 botella (bottle) boiling milk

Instructions

1. Pare 9 lemon peels very thin and soak them in half a bottle of cognac for 24 hours.
2. Mix the juice of 30 lemons with 2 bottles of cognac, 4 pounds of ground sugar, and 4 bottles of distilled water.
3. Add a bottle of boiling milk to the infusion, stirring hard to prevent curdling.
4. Let cool and strain through a flannel strainer.
5. Put in a vessel and let ferment for ten days.