Hot Rum Toddy
Ingredients
1 lb dark brown sugar
1/2 lb butter, salted
1 tsp nutmeg, ground
1 tsp cinnamon, ground
1 tsp cloves, ground
1 tsp white cardamom, ground
1 dark rum, top-quality (a standard f, ifth will serve
Preparation
MAKING THE BATTER: Put all batter ingredients (everything but the
rum) in a food processor and run it until the mixture turns creamy.
Fold it down once with a rubber spatula to make sure the spices are
blended in, and run the food processor some more.
Scoop the mixture into a plastic container, and refrigerate. It will
keep for many months in the refrigerator, even though it contains
butter.
MAKING THE DRINKS: Fill a coffee mug half full of boiling water. The
easiest way to do this is to put a mug of hot water in the microwave.
If you don't have a microwave, then fill the mug with boiling water,
pour it out, then fill it half full of boiling water.
Add about 2 generous tablespoons of batter. Stir until the batter
dissolves in the hot water. I use a small wire whisk for this
stirring.
Add 2 jiggers (about 3 oz) of the best rum you can afford. When I
make this in quantities for parties I like to use Myers Dark Rum.
NOTES:
* Ultimate hot buttered rum recipe -- I started making hot buttered
rum from a Trader Vic recipe 15 years ago, and I have gradually
evolved it by adding more spices, more butter and less rum.
The way you make a hot buttered rum is to add some "batter" to some
rum, and heat it. I like to keep a made-up batch of the batter in the
refrigerator in an old margarine tub. For parties I make up a fresh
batch.
* One theory of hot-toddy making is that it is impossible to use too
much batter, and you should keep stirring more in until you are bored
with stirring. Another theory of hot-toddy making is that it is
impossible to use too much rum, and that you should keep stirring in
more until your friends panic.
: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 5 minutes.
: Precision: no need to measure.
: Brian Reid
: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA
: Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust
: [email protected]
Servings: 12
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