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Benjamin Franklin's Milk Punch

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Keyword Brandy, lemon, nutmeg, sugar, whole milk
Servings 1 cocktail

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Remove peel from all 11 lemons with a vegetable peeler, taking care to remove only the yellow part of the rind.
  • Add lemon peel to brandy and steep for 24 hours.
  • Juice lemons until you have 2 cups of lemon juice (about 5 or 6 lemons).
  • Reserve lemon juice in refrigerator until needed.
  • Using a microplane will ensure you get only zest and not the bitter white portion underneath.
  • When lemon peels have steeped 24 hours at room temperature, strain brandy and discard lemon peel.
  • Add lemon juice, water, sugar and freshly grated nutmeg to brandy and stir well.
  • Heat milk in large pot over medium heat, taking care not to burn or scorch it.
  • When milk is hot, turn off heat and slowly add in brandy mixture. Curds will form immediately.
  • Let mixture sit 5 minutes, then gently stir. 
  • Let sit another 20 minutes, stir gently, then allow mixture to sit for another 1.5 hours, undisturbed.
  • Strain through a nut milk bag and then again through a Coffee Filter.
  • This will take a long while and it's well worth it. Be Patient!