Christmas Recipes > Wassail Bowl

How to make wassail bowl:
This is a traditional warmed alcoholic drink which was offered to Wassailers as they went from house to house singing and wishing people a "Merry Christmas".



Ingredients

6 pints of beer (British ale if available)
2 cups sugar
1 grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
4 glasses of sherry
lemon slices
3 slices of toast crust cut off
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Warm 2 pints of beer so it is still cool enough to drink. 
- Dissolve the sugar in the warm beer.
- Add the nutmeg and ginger.
- Add the sherry and the remaining beer.
- Finally add the lemon slices and serve with the toast floating on top.




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