Flaming Holiday Punch

Name: Flaming Holiday Punch
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 gallons unfiltered apple cider; 1 clove approximately 1/2 cup whole; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 6 smalls oranges; 750 milliliters aged rum; 59 milliliters sugar, to taste; 1 pint boiling water (optional, should you wish for further dilution)

You can never have too many beverage recipes, so give Flaming Holiday Punch a try. This recipe makes 20 servings with 159 calories, 0g of protein, and 0g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up unfiltered apple cider, aged rum, oranges, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegan diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Stud an orange with whole cloves by inserting the pointed end of the clove through the orange peel, pushing until only the bud protrudes. Repeat with remaining oranges; bake oranges until soft, about 30 minutes. Once the oranges have cooled slightly, place them in a heatproof punch bowl.

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Clove

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Punch

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Bowl

Warm the rum by placing the bottle in a pot of hot (not boiling) water for 10 minutes or so. While the rum warms, heat the cider in a large saucepan until steamy; pour into a pitcher and have ready for use.

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Cider

Water

Rum

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Pot

Pour the rum into the punch bowl, and add sugar. Lower the lights.

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Punch

Sugar

Rum

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Using a heatproof ladle, scoop a up a small amount of the rum. Holding the ladle away from the punch bowl (and your face, and the curtains, and the dog), light the scoop of rum using a kitchen match -- if necessary, add a little high-proof rum to aid in ignition.

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Punch

Hot Dogs

Rum

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Bowl

Carefully drizzle the flaming rum into the punch bowl, which should ignite the rest of the rum.

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Rum

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Sprinkle pinches of the spices into the flames.

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After a minute or two, or whenever you're tired of the spectacle, douse the flames by gently adding the hot cider (and hot water if using), stirring with the ladle as you go. The flames may not immediately go out, but keep stirring and as the alcohol is diluted, they'll soon flicker and die.

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Alcohol

Cider

Water

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Ladle

Serve in punch cups.

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Punch