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Punch and bowle

13 recipes · Winemaking and liqueurs

13 punch and bowle recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the winemaking and liqueurs category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Orange Punch

    Erken's orange punch (1914): orange slices and sugar in a bowl with Rhine wine, chilled on ice for 5–6 hours and topped with champagne or seltzer.

  • Queen's Punch (dronningpunsj)

    Queen's punch from Erken 1914: lemon zest rubbed into sugar, briefly boiled with citrus juice, cooled and mixed with white wine, madeira and vanilla.

  • Frozen Lemonade

    Erken's frozen lemonade (1914) for about 70 glasses: lemon juice, wine, sugar and pineapple frozen in ice and coarse salt to a thick slush.

  • Fruit Punch (jordbærsaft)

    Non-alcoholic fruit punch of boiled sugar syrup mixed with strawberry juice, orange juice and lemon juice. Erken, Stor kokebok 1914, p. 625.

  • White Lemonade

    White lemonade from Erken 1914: a sugar syrup boiled and cooled, then white wine and lemon juice added. Served ice-cold; red wine makes red lemonade.

  • Strawberry Bowle

    Erken's strawberry bowle (1914): strawberries steeped 5–6 hours in cooked syrup, chilled Rhine wine added, strained, topped with champagne or seltzer.

  • Strawberry Drink

    Strawberry drink from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914), p. 625: a summer bowle of strawberries and syrup with white wine, chilled and topped with seltzer.

  • Maitrank

    Maitrank from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): sweet woodruff steeped in Rhine and white wine, sugar dissolved in, orange slices steeped, served ice-cold.

  • Milk Punch

    Cold milk punch of sugar syrup with orange and lemon peel, rum, kirsch, milk and citrus juice; steeped cold for 3 hours and strained before serving.

  • Melon Drink

    Melon drink from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914), pp. 625–626: melon slices in sugar and rum, mixed with wine, chilled on ice and served with seltzer.

  • Punch

    Hot punch from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914), p. 625: lemon juice, water, sugar, vanilla and rum cooked until the sugar melts; may be flambéed.

  • Red Wine Punch

    Red wine punch from Erken 1914: sugar stirred with lemon and orange juice and water, then red wine, rum and seltzer added. Served ice-cold.

  • Sherry Cobbler

    Sherry cobbler from Erken 1914: powdered sugar dissolved in sherry and cognac, strawberries and crushed ice added before serving. Sipped through a straw.