Punch au Kirsch (Kirsch Punch)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Throw 20 grammes of tea into a litre of boiling water and let it infuse for 10 minutes.
  2. Put 500 grammes of lump sugar into a punch bowl or a salad bowl.
  3. Strain the tea infusion over the sugar and dissolve it, stirring with a silver spoon.
  4. Add three quarters of a litre of kirsch.
  5. Flame it, and serve in glasses.

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