Put orange peel, lemon peel and cloves into a tea filter
bag, tie shut with white yarn. Hang into a copper kettle, pour in wine.
Heat up close to boiling point, but make sure it never gets to boil. Put
the kettle in the middle of your table so all your guests can watch the
ceremony. You normally use a "Feuerzange", but as I suspect this might
be hard to get outside Europe I guess you can also use a grid from your
barbecue set especially the ones you normally use to barbecue herrings
in should work pretty well. The point is that you should be able to put
the sugar hat on it (lying on its side) and place the whole thing safely
over the kettle. Once you've got that far, you're ready for the ceremony.
First, dim your lights. Then pour some rum onto the sugar hat, best using
a ladle, and light it (this is why the rum has to be at least 108 proof).
Keep the flames burning by ladling more rum on the sugar hat, until the
sugar has completely melted and dripped into the wine. Remove the "Feuerzange"
and the bag with the spices. Serve in heat-proof glasses.
Variation: Many people like to add sugar and/or a little orange juice preferably freshly pressed. |