Name: Milk Punch
Ingredients: one pint of milk made very sweet

Milk Punch

Ingredients

one pint of milk made very sweet

Directions

Mix one pint of milk made very sweet with a wine-glassful of brandy or rum, stirring well.
Grate a little nutmeg over the top of the glasses.
Serve with a straw in each glass.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Milk: Forms the liquid base, giving the drink its creamy body and mouthfeel.
Brandy or rum (in the method): Adds alcoholic warmth and aroma that contrasts with the sweet milk.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.