Recipe from A Christmas Carol

Martha from Georgia had just seen a TV adaptation of A Christmas Carol and wondered about the drink at the end. As usual, having mentioned it on the Show a response came from Andrew with this recipe for -

SMOKING BISHOP
5 unpeeled oranges
1 unpeeled grapefruit
36 cloves
1/4 pound sugar
2 bottles of red wine
1 bottle of port.

Wash the fruit and oven bake turning only once until brownish.
Put the fruit into a warmed earthenware bowl with six cloves stuck into each.
Add the sugar and pour in just the wine.
Cover and leave in a warm place for a day.
Squeeze the fruit juice into the wine and strain.
Add the port and heat but do not boil.
Serve 'smoking' warm. Should give you 15-20 servings.
Fall over and retire to bed !!!!