Oxford Punch

This one had to be included, purely for fun. Three main takeaways from this recipe:

  • Do not try to make calf’s-foot jelly.
  • It is exactly what it sounds like it is.
  • Do not try to make calf’s-foot jelly.

Aside from its epochal ingredient, the drink sounds fairly appealing. Swapping it out for a more modern and, eh, palatable, emulsifying ingredient could produce a tasty punch.

Oxford Punch

Ingredients

  • 1pint

    Gordon's Jamaican Rum

  • 1pint

    Cognac Brandy

  • 0.5pint

    Sherry

  • 1wine glass

    Curacao

  • 0.5pint

    Fruit syrup

  • 1quart

    Orange Shrub

  • 1tsp

    Orange-flower water

  • 1pint

    Calf's-foot Jelly

  • 4

    Lemons

  • 2

    Seville oranges

  • 4

    Sweet oranges

0 units of alcohol per serve

Equipment

  • 1

    mortar and pestle

Serves:
1

Method

  • Method

    Put the thinly-pared peelings of 4 lemons and 2 Seville oranges into a mortar containing 1/2 lb of granulated sugar

    Beat up into a smooth mass, adding the juice from the lemons and oranges

    Add the juice of 4 sweet oranges and 1/2 pint of water

    Strain the mixture into a jug (standing close to a fire)

    Add 1 pint of Calf’s foot jelly and 2 quarts boiling water

    Add fruit syrup, orange shrub, orange-flower water, Curacao, Sherry, Brandy and Rum

    Stir well together

    Strain and serve.