May Punch

May Punch (Maibowle)

Ingredients:

12 sprigs of young woodruff
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 bottle of Mosel wine or Saar-Ruwer wine or other similar German dry white wine
1 cup brandy

Then:
3 bottles of Mosel or Saar-Ruwer wine or other similar German dry white wines
1 quart carbonated water or German sparkling wine

Preparation:

Place in a bowl the woodruff, powdered sugar, wine and brandy

Cover the mixture for 30 minutes, no longer. Remove the sweet woodruff. Stir contents of bowl thoroughly and pour over a block of ice in a punch bowl.

Add the 3 bottles of Mosel or Saar-Ruwer wine or other similar German dry white wines, along with 1 quart ofcarbonated water or German sparkling wine

Presentation:


Decorate the punch with thinly sliced oranges, sticks of pineapple and, most appropriately, sprigs of sweet woodruff.

This recipe was adapted from Joy of Cooking by Rombacher and Becker.
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