Traditional Punch

Basic Form proportioned here @ 2-1-4-3

Short Script Instructions for One Portion

Shake with ice. Finely-strain into an iced Punch tumbler. Garnish with a quarter-wheel of lemon and grated nutmeg.

Full Recipe and Instructions for One Portion

Have the folowwing items:

Service-ware

Tools

cuting board
#1: composite board (no plastic)^*
paring knife
#1: culinary school issue ^*
28 fl-oz. and 18 fl-oz. shaker and cheater set
#1: stainless steel, fitted^*
jigger-and-pony measure
[2 fl-oz. by 1 fl-oz. / ~60 ml. by ~30 ml.]
#1: stainless double-bell^*
#2: twentieth century-style^*
#3: Japanese-style^*
3-to-1 split jigger
[1½ fl-oz. by ½ fl-oz. / ~45 ml. by ~15 ml.]
#1: American Metalcraft™ J212^*
tablespoon [3 tsp. / ~15 ml.]
#1: 14-spoon set^*
ice tongs
#1: steel - with teeth^*
ice scoop
#1: steel - with drain holes^*
Hawthorne strainer
#1: short-tailed steel^*
mesh strainer (3” to 4”)
#1: rustproof steel^*
fine grater
#1: Microplane™ Home Series^*

Ingredients

lemon (Citrus limon)
(Eureka or Femminello)
—cut into quarter-wheel slices with rim slits
juice of lemon (Citrus limon)
(Eureka or Femminello)
—chilled
fine white sugar
#1: ultrafine sugar (also called baker's sugar)
#2: superfine sugar (also called caster sugar)
liquor
(spirits are default)
spring water, or purified water
service ice cubes
(1 fl-oz. displacement each – 1¼ inches per side)
#1: Run Helix™ 1 fl-oz.^*
method ice (also called 'cracked ice')
(half the size of service ice cubes)
#1: Sakolla™ ½ fl-oz.^*
nutmeg (whole)

Instructions

Set the shaker back in the work area.
Fit the cheater into the shaker, lift it, and butt the cheater with the palm of the hand to seal it.
Shake the ingredients very hard for nine seconds to mix, chill-dilute and aerate.
Set the shaker down in the work area.
Snap the cheater to the side to unseal it, and remove the cheater.
Fit the Hawthorne strainer into the shaker's top.
Hold the mesh strainer in the other hand over the Punch tumbler.
Strain the drink through both strainers into the tumbler.
Insert the drinking straw and garnish the drink with:

| lemon — 1 quarter-wheel slice
(placed on the rim in front of the drinking straw, from the drinker’s point of view)
| nutmeg — a liberal amount
(freshly-grated onto the surface of the drink)

Serve the drink on the napkin with the drinking straw at ‘one-thirty o’clock’ from the drinker’s point of view).

Full Recipe for Twelve Portions

Have the folowwing items:

Service-ware

Punch bowl, or spigoted dispenser (6-8 quarts)
#1: 8 quart with steel spigot^*
#2: Viski™ Admiral Crystal 10 quart bowl^*
6 fl-oz. Punch ladle (unless Punch bowl has spigot)
#1: Regent™^*
4-inch beverage napkins
#1: cotton (five times washable)^*
#2: paper ^*

Tools

Ingredients

common orange (Citrus sinensis)
(Valencia or Navel)
—cut into full-wheel slices
juice of lemon (Citrus limon)
Femminello or Eureka
granulated white sugar
liquor
(spirits are default)
spring water, or purified water
Punch ice blocks
#1: ~4 lb. block molds^*
nutmeg kernel

Instructions

Use the whisk to mix thoroughly until the sugar is dissolved.
Cover the batter bowl with its lid and refrigerate the Punch for at least two hours.
Just before taking the Punch out of the refrigerator, cut the orange into thin, full wheel slices and reserve them.
Set the Punch bowl, or dispenser, in the work area.
Take the Punch in the batter bowl out of the refrigerator. Remove the cover.
Hold the large fine-mesh strainer over the empty Punch bowle.
Strain the Punch from the batter bowl into the Punch bowl.
Add:

| Punch ice — as many of the largest size blocks as will fit, while yet allowing ladling

If a dispenser is being used, cap it.
Serve by setting Punch cups, beverage napkins, and additional grated nutmeg nearby.

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