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Because of the pioneering cocktail archeology of Jeff “Beachbum” Berry and others, tiki lovers get pleasure from a considerable library of golden-era recipes. New recipes from Don and Vic are vanishingly uncommon. So, I used to be fairly shocked to come back throughout Dealer Vic’s recipe for “Maori Punch” in a 1949 newspaper.
Word: The right spelling is Māori, and refers back to the indigenous individuals of New Zealand. Right here, I exploit the spelling as used within the 1949 article.
The recipe is so easy that I first thought it was simply one other recipe with a special title. However after looking out throughout many archives, I uncovered nothing with the identical title or considerably the identical components. It’s fully doable I missed one thing, however why not share what I discovered?
The recipe appeared in a number of California newspapers and Idaho’s Pocatello Publish in July 1949. The article features a picture of Commerce Vic sipping what we are able to presume is the Maori Punch, because the glassware matches the recipe description. The caption beneath the picture reads:
HOT? —Dealer Vic, Oakland, Cal., restaurateur, gives this “cooler” which he calls Maori punch. Right here it’s: one ounce ardour fruit juice imported from Australia, two ounces gin, sprint of angostura bitters and the juice of one-half lime. Combine in tumbler and serve in giant, wide-mouthed goblet crammed to brim with chopped ice. Vic warns it DOES have a punch.
The recipe, as written, raises an attention-grabbing query, because it requires one ounce of passionfruit juice. The uncooked passionfruit juice and/or puree out there to most of us is sort of tart. If we made the Maori Punch as specified, it will be bracing because it has no different sweeteners. Maybe the Australian passionfruit juice Vic used was both a nectar or a syrup, i.e., sweetened. As I realized, the which means of “juice” isn’t constant worldwide.
All of the Maori Punch’s components — lime, passionfruit, gin, and Angostura bitters — are generally utilized in golden-era recipes. It might be proper at house within the Minimalist Tiki Basic 30 Drinks listing. The mix of gin and passionfruit additionally seems within the Saturn, however the latter got here a lot later and makes use of lemon quite than lime and provides orgeat and falernum.
Firmly believing Vic used sweetened juice or syrup, I rewrote it for at present’s tiki drink makers.
Maori Punch – Dealer Vic, 1949 (Tailored by Matt Pietrek)
- 1 sprint Angostura Bitters
- 0.5 oz lime juice
- 0.5 oz ardour fruit syrup
- 2 oz gin
Shake with ice and pressure right into a stemmed vessel with a large mouth, e.g., a big martini glass or related. A medium-sized snifter will work as properly. Fill with crushed ice.
Vic didn’t specify a garnish, so garnish at your whim, e.g., a lime wheel and umbrella. When you have candy passionfruit juice readily available, attempt substituting an oz for the 0.5 oz of passionfruit syrup I specified.
How is the Maori Punch? Delightfully easy and refreshing. The gin makes its presence recognized with out being overwhelming. Do you have to need extra spice, enhance the Angostura bitters to 2 or three dashes.
Extra importantly, what of Mrs. Wonk’s verdict? “I’d drink quite a lot of these.”
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