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     Title: Pisco Punch
Categories: Alcohol, Beverages
  Servings: 1

      2 oz pisco
    3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
    3/4 oz pineapple gomme

In the late 19th century, when San Francisco was the cultural gem of
the Pacific coast, one drink enjoyed exceptional prestige in the
city: Pisco Punch. 

Credited to barman Duncan Nicol at the Bank Exchange, located where
the Transamerica Pyramid now stands, Pisco Punch had a dramatic
reputation: in 1889, Rudyard Kipling wrote that it was "compounded
of cherub's wings, the glory of a tropical dawn, the red clouds of
sunset and the fragments of lost epics by dead masters," while
others wrote that "it tastes like lemonade but comes back with the
kick of a roped steer," and that "it makes a gnat fight an
elephant."

Nicol took the exact recipe for the punch to his grave but there
are several similar versions of the recipe in circulation.

While the base elements of pisco, lemon juice, sugar and fresh
pineapple are easy to come by, one ingredient is a bit more
challenging: gum arabic. A common ingredient in 19th century syrups,
gum arabic acts as an emulsifier, preventing the crystallization of
sugar in a syrup and holding other flavor ingredients in balance; in
a drink, it lends an exceptionally smooth and silky texture, making
what's essentially a boozy lemonade into something much more
luxurious. 

It's easy enough to make your own gum syrup (aka gomme), and food
grade gum arabic can be purchased at many natural-food stores or
specialty food stores, or you can purchase excellent pre-made gum
syrup and pineapple gomme from Small Hand Foods. If that's all too
much trouble, though, you can still make a perfectly delicious Pisco
Punch without gum arabic, though it may not quite have that touch of
cherub's wings and tropical dawn.
                           
Pisco Punch Procedure: Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and
fill with ice. Shake well and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

To make pineapple gomme, peel and core a pineapple and cut the flesh
into 1-inch cubes. Soak pineapple in a bowl filled with one quart of
gomme syrup (ideally) or rich simple syrup (2 parts sugar dissolved
in 1 part water over medium heat, then cooled) overnight; once syrup
is well-flavored with pineapple, strain the syrup and save the
sugary fruit for another use.

Posted by Paul Clarke

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Cheers

YK Jim


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