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Holiday Drinking: Christmas, Part 1

December 9, 2012

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, this time of year is filled with parties. And friends. And drinking. Hopefully all at the same time! Here are two crowd-pleasing recipes for the holidays...

English Christmas Punch

Ingredients

  • 1-750 mL bottle each of dark rum and dry red wine
  • 3 cups strong tea
  • 1 lb superfine sugar
  • juice of 1 large orange and 1 lemon

Directions

  1. Heat (but do not boil) the wine, tea, lemon and orange juices in saucepan. Pour into heat proof punch bowl.
  2. Fill a large ladle with the sugar, and saturate with rum. Add remaining sugar to punch bowl.
  3. Ignite the rum and sugar, and pour it into the punch. Stir well and exstinguish the flames.
  4. Add remaining rum to the punch and stir. Serve in white wine glasses.

Not Your Nana's Nog

Ingredients

  • 1 cup simple syrup (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water)
  • 10 egg whites
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 cup Creole Shrub orange liqueur
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 cups spiced rum
  • whole nutmeg and orange zest, for garnish

Directions

  1. Make simple syrup by combining sugar and water in saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar dissolved. Allow to cool.
  2. With whisk or mixer, beat egg whites in large bowl until soft peaks form.
  3. Add egg yolks, cream, orange liqueur, and 5 oz simple syrup. Beat until smooth.
  4. Stir in rum and 2 cups of rum.
  5. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and orange zest.

Cheers!