Smoking Bishop

Total Time: 25 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 5 unpeeled sweet oranges
• 1 large unpeeled grapefruit
• 1/4 lb sugar (a little over 1/2 cup)
• 30 cloves
• 1500 ml strong red wine (2 bottles-about 51 oz)
• 750 ml port wine (1 bottle-about 25.6 oz)

Recipe

• 1 wash the fruit and bake it on a foil lined baking sheet until it becomes pale brown, turning once.
• 2 heat a large earthenware bowl and add the fruit. stud each fruit with five cloves.
• 3 add the sugar and the red wine, and store covered in a warm place for about a day.
• 4 squeeze the fruit to extract the juice, and strain into a saucepan.
• 5 add the port and warm thoroughly, but don't boil.
• 6 serve in heated glasses.
• 7 note: there are many suggestions for variations in this recipe, including the addition of star anise and cinnamon sticks.
• 8 there was also a suggestion to bring the mix to a boil, simmer for an hour, and add brandy, brown sugar and orange juice.