Punch au Kirsch (Kirsch Punch)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- grammes tea
- litre boiling water
- grammes lump sugar
- /4 litre kirsch
Instructions
- Throw 20 grammes of tea into a litre of boiling water and let it infuse for 10 minutes.
- Put 500 grammes of lump sugar into a punch bowl or a salad bowl.
- Strain the tea infusion over the sugar and dissolve it, stirring with a silver spoon.
- Add three quarters of a litre of kirsch.
- Flame it, and serve in glasses.