Ingredients:

• 4 cups boiling water
• 1-1/2 cups rum
• 1 small (12 oz) bottle claret wine
• 3-4 bay leaves
• 1 (6-oz) bottle soda water
• 1 egg white
• 2 oranges, juiced
• 2 oz granulated sugar
• 1 large lime or lemon, juiced
• 1 tablespoon grenadine syrup
• A little grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon bitters

Procedure

1. Allow the water to cool.
2. Add the rum and bay leaves, soda water, claret wine and stir in one egg white, beaten until frothy.
3. Add slowly 2 oz granulated sugar dissolved in the lemon or lime and orange juice.
4. Add the rind of one orange, grenadine syrup and a dash of bitters.
5. Mix the ingredients together well.
6. Serve in punch glasses with chopped ice and a little grated nutmeg.

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