The Bishop Recipe - Cooking Index
The Bishop Recipe - Cooking Index
| 8 | Cloves | |
| 2 | Oranges (small) | |
| 1 | Cinnamon stick | |
| 2 | Blades of mace | |
| 8 | Allspice berries | |
| 1 | Ginger root, (1" pc) - peeled | |
| Grated rind of 1 lemon | ||
| 4 | Lump sugar | |
| 1 | Port wine | |
| 1 | Freshly grated nutmeg |
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Stick the cloves into the oranges then put in a roasting tin. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
Put the cinnamon, mace, allspice, and ginger in a saucepan with 1 1/4 cups water. Bring to the boil then boil rapidly until reduced by about a third. Put the roasted oranges, sugar, and lemon rind in a large warmed serving bowl then pour over the water and spices. Pour the port into a saucepan and heat gently. Do not boil. Pour into the bowl and stir well. Sprinkle with a little grated nutmeg and serve hot.
Comments:
Fine orange well roasted, with wine in a cup,
They'll make a sweet bishop when gentlefolks sup.
-- Jonathan Swift
Source:
THE LONDON RITZ BOOK OF CHRISTMAS by Jennie Reekie (c) 1989 - William Morrow and Company, New York - 64 pages - $10.95 - As reprinted in the Nov/Dec, 1991 issue of Cookbook Digest
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