May Punch

(Maibowle)
This recipe was adapted from Joy of Cooking by Rombacher and Becker.

Preparation:

Place in a bowl:

12 sprigs of young woodruff (see in accompanying article)
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
bottle of Mosel wine or Saar-Ruwer wine or other similar German dry white wines
1 cup brandy

Cover the mixture for 30 minutes, no longer. Remove the sweet woodruff. Stir contents of bowl thoroughly and pour over a block of ice in a punch bowl.

Add:

3 bottles of Mosel or Saar-Ruwer wine or other similar German dry white wines
1 quart carbonated water or German sparkling wine

Presentation:

Thinly sliced oranges, sticks of pineapple and most appropriately, sprigs of sweet woodruff may be used to decorate the May punch.

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