Jane Austen'S Negus - cooking recipe

Ingredients

575 ml port wine
1 lemon
12 tablespoons sugar
1100 ml boiling water
grated nutmeg

Preparation

Pour the port into a large, heatproof jug.
Rub the lemon with the sugar llumps, then squeeze the lemon juice and strain it.
Mix the sugar and lemon juice with the port, and add the boiling water.
Cover the jug until the liquid has cooled a bit, then serve in glasses with a scrap of grated nutmeg.