 Claret Cup Recipe - Bordeaux Red Wine Punch
Claret is the original name of Bordeaux, the red wine blend from France. This Claret Cup punch recipe was very popular in the 1800s, and was often served at parties. It is in essence an early sangria!
Ingredients
one quart of claret
one bottle of soda water
one lemon cut very thin
four tablespoons of powered sugar
quarter of a teaspoon of grated nutmeg
one liqueur glass of brandy
one wine glass of sherry wine.
Mix all together in a large punch bowl. Half an hour before it is used, put in a large piece of ice, so that it may get perfectly cold.
It's very neat for me to think about Jane Austen and her family sitting around and enjoying Claret Cup. Certainly in the party scenes she writes about in Pride & Prejudice, this is exactly what her heroes and heroines would have been drinking!
From The Home Cook Book, 1877
Bordeaux Wine Information
Note: I created these sangria recipes and have had them online for years. If you find similar sangria recipes elsewhere, it's because someone copied my idea. I do appreciate it when visitors write in to warn me about the plagiarism - but usually there's not much I can do about it! What's really funny is when they copy my design right down to my sangria pitcher. That's a bit much :)
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