Name: Auntie's Hot Xmas Punch
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Sherry - Pedro Ximénez sherry; 67.5 ml Cognac; 22.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 90 ml Apple juice (cloudy pressed); 4 Peychaud's / Creole bitters

Serve in a

Toddy glass

Garnish:

Cinnamon stick

How to make:

POUR all ingredients into glass and stir. MICROWAVE for 40 seconds (vary time depending on your microwave oven), stir again and serve.

1 1/2 fl oz	Pedro Ximénez sherry
2 1/4 fl oz	Cognac
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 fl oz	Apple juice (cloudy pressed)
4 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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Review:

Ximénez sherry contributing sweetness and a rich Christmas pudding-like flavour to this hot punch.

History:

Created by yours truly to serve live on Christmas Eve 2002 during a broadcast on BBC Radio Four. 'Auntie' is a nickname for the BBC and the drink uses the traditional punch proportions of 1 sour, 2 sweet, 3 strong and 4 weak.

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