Recipe - King Kalakauas Champagne Punch

6 Bottles champagne
2 Bottles Sauterne wine;
(white Bordeaux)
6 Lemons; cut or sliced up
6 Oranges; cut or sliced up
6 Mint leaves
1 Pineapple; peeled, cut in
sticks
1 cup Sugar
2 cup Brandy
2 qt Fresh strawberries

The night before you prepare the punch, chill the champagne and wine.

On the day of the party slice 6 lemons and 6 oranges into a large

punch bowl. Add 6 mint leaves and the cut or sliced up , peeled sticks of 1 ripe

pineapple. Add 1 cup sugar and pour the Sauterne and 3 bottles of

the champagne into the punchbowl. Stir until the sugar melts. Add 2

cups of brandy and 2 quarts of fresh strawberries. Mix gently. Just

before serving add the remaining 3 bottles of champagne.

Me ke aloha, Mary Spero

Source: Daughters of Hawai'i

NOTES : Mele Kalikimaka a me Hau'oli Makahiki Hou (Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year)
Recipe by: Daughters of Hawai'i

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
MarySpero@prodigy.com (MS MARY E SPERO) on Dec 10, 1997