The Bar-tender's Guide/Balaklava Nectar

by Jerry Thomas

Balaklava Nectar.

(For a party of fifteen. Recipe by Soyer.)

• Take 2 bottles of Claret.
• Take 1 bottle of Champagne.
• Take 2 bottles of soda-water.
• Take 2 table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar.
• Take 2 lemons.
• Take ½ a small cucumber.

Peel and shred fine the rind of half a lemon; add the sugar, the juice of both the lemons, and the cucumber sliced thin, with the peel on. Toss it up several times, and add the Claret, Champagne, and soda-water. Stir well together and serve.