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Port Toddy Recipe
A port toddy is one of winter’s unsung delights Replacing whiskey with port in a toddy leads to something surprising and special Somehow, it feels more curative than one with harder spirits: it’s like the alcohol-fortified equivalent of a bowl of homemade chicken soup
ruby port, brown sugar, lemon juice, orange juice, cinnamon, orange peel
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Smoking Bishop Recipe
‘‘I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family,’’ Scrooge tells Bob Cratchit near the end of A Christmas Carol, ‘‘and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop!’’ This recipe, adapted from the book Drinking With Dickens, by Charles Dickens’s great-grandson, Cedric, reflects Scrooge’s new disposition and largesse perfectly: it’s warm and sweet and meant for sharing (To Cedric Dickens’s recipe, I’ve added some fragrant cardamom pods, because years of drinking glogg have shown me how well they play with orange and wine, but you may omit them).
If you’re unable to find Seville oranges—marked by a pleasant, pronounced bitterness — substitute five navel oranges, and add the juice of one lemon when you add the port to the pan (do not stud the lemon with cloves or roast the lemon with the oranges).
seville oranges, demerara sugar, red wine, ruby port, green cardamom
