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- From: reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Hot rum toddy
- Date: 30 Nov 85 10:38:43 GMT
- Organization: DEC Western Research, Palo Alto, CA
- Approved: reid@glacier.UUCP
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE RUM-TODDY L "21 Jul 85" 1986
- .RZ "HOT RUM TODDY" "Ultimate hot buttered rum recipe"
- I started making hot buttered rum from a Trader Vic recipe 15 years ago, and
- I have gradually evolved it by adding more spices, more butter, and less rum.
- .PP
- The way you make a hot buttered rum is to add some ``batter'' to some rum,
- and heat it.
- I like to keep a made-up batch of the batter in the refrigerator in an old
- margarine tub. For parties I make up a fresh batch.
- .IH "Serves 12"
- .IG "1 lb" "dark brown sugar" "500 g"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "salted butter" "250 g"
- .IG "1 tsp" "ground nutmeg" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "ground cinnamon" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "ground cloves" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "ground white cardamom" "5 ml"
- .IG "750 ml" "top-quality dark rum"
- (A standard ``fifth'' bottle, 750 ml, will serve 12)
- .PH "MAKING THE BATTER"
- .SK 1
- Put all batter ingredients (everything but the rum) in a
- food processor and run it until the mixture turns creamy. Fold it down once
- with a rubber spatula to make sure the spices are blended in, and run the
- food processor some more.
- .SK 2
- Scoop the mixture into a plastic container, and refrigerate. It will keep
- for many months in the refrigerator, even though it contains butter.
- .PH "MAKING THE DRINKS"
- .SK 1
- Fill a coffee mug half full of boiling water. The easiest way to do this is
- to put a mug of hot water in the microwave. If you don't have a microwave,
- then fill the mug with boiling water, pour it out, then fill it half full of
- boiling water.
- .SK 2
- Add
- .AB "2 generous tablespoons" "40 ml"
- of batter. Stir until the batter dissolves in the hot water. I use a small
- wire whisk for this stirring.
- .SK 3
- Add 2 jiggers
- .AB "(3 oz)" "100 ml"
- of the best rum you can afford. When I make this in
- quantities for parties I like to use Myers Dark Rum.
- .NX
- One theory of hot-toddy making is
- that it is impossible to use too much batter and you
- should keep stirring more in until you are bored with stirring.
- Another
- theory of hot-toddy making is that it is impossible to use too
- much rum, and that you should keep stirring in more until your
- friends panic.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 5 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Brian Reid
- DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA
- reid@decwrl.DEC.COM -or- {ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax,sun}!decwrl!reid
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