HOT RUM TODDY
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.
Ingredients
(Serves 12)
- 1 lb dark brown sugar
- 1/2 lb salted butter
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground white cardamom
- 750 ml top-quality dark rum
(A standard "fifth" bottle, 750 ml, will serve 12)
Procedure 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.
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Scoop the mixture into a plastic container, and refrigerate. It will keep
for many months in the refrigerator, even though it contains butter.
Procedure 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
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
(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
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.
Rating
Difficulty:
easy.
Time:
5 minutes.
Precision:
no need to measure.
Contributor
Brian Reid
DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA
reid@decwrl.DEC.COM -or- {ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax,sun}!decwrl!reid
Recipe last modified: 21 Jul 85
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Subject: RECIPE: Hot rum toddy
Date: 30 Nov 85 10:38:43 GMT
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