Felix’s Birthdayparty

The aftermath of a Feuerzangenbowle can be seen in Katharina’s Gallery in her Blog. I will add the pictures sooner or later to my own Shots’n’Pics gallery. We re-celebrated Felix’s birthday and the joyful pleasures of the Feuerzangenbowle, a red wine punch translated into „Flaming Fire Tongs Punch“ containing rum which has been set alight. I decided to add a recipe from german.about.com below the pictures for all those readers who’re interested to have a Feuerzangenbowle it on their own.

Feuerzangenbowle – Flaming Fire Tongs Punch
Ingredients:
Bowle/Punch
3 bottles of red wine (2-3 liters total)
2 cinnamon sticks
cardamom
allspice
1-2 oranges
1-2 lemons
5 cloves
a German Zuckerhut (sugar cone)
1-2 bottles of rum

Directions:
1. In a large pot or kettle filled with red wine, add cinnamon sticks, cardamom, and allspice. Cut up the oranges and lemons (optional: make peel spirals), crush fruit to release the juice, and add to the punch along with the cloves. Warm to a steaming mixture. Do not boil! (The cinnamon sticks, cardamom, and allspice are not neccessary to get drunk.)
2. Place a German sugar cone (Zuckerhut, sugar loaf) on a metal rack/screen or clamped in metal tongs above the warm punch. (Substitute sugar cubes if you can’t get a Zuckerhut.) Slowly pour high-proof rum over the Zuckerhut and let soak for a minute. Carefully light the Zuckerhut or sugar cubes and let the flaming sugar carmelize and drip into the punch mix. Add rum as needed to keep the flame going until the Zuckerhut process is done. Serve the punch hot in mugs or hot-tea glasses.

Notes: Traditionally, Feuerzangenbowle was prepared with the Zuckerhut sitting on crossed swords atop the pot. A German sugar cone or sugar loaf (lit. „sugar hat“) is made of compressed Raffinade (refined sugar) in a cone shape. A German description of Raffinade: „Ein Zucker von höchster Reinheit und bester Qualität. Die Raffinade wird aus sehr reinen Zuckerlösungen gewonnen und entspricht hohen Ansprüchen.“ (A sugar of highest purity and best quality. Raffinade is made from very pure sugar solutions and meets high standards.) If you can’t get the real thing, substitute sugar cubes in the recipe above.

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