Description
Nothing goes with a fine fall day and the smell of smoke in the air quite like a good mulled apple cider. So easy and DELICIOUS!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups (1 liter/quart) apple cider
- 1 orange, thinly sliced
- Zest of one lemon
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 vanilla bean, whole
- 8 cloves, whole
- 4 pods cardamom, whole
- 10 coriander seeds, whole
Instructions
- In a large pot, add cider, spices, and citrus and bring to a quick boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about ten minutes, stirring occasionally to keep your spices from scorching then remove from heat and steep for anywhere from 20 minutes – 4 hours. At this point you can filter if you’re so inclined to sift out all the cloudy bits using a coffee filter or tea ball, Personally, I love the cloudy, bits of spice, apple pulp, and citrus.
- To serve, reheat, drag it into the backyard, and ladle straight from the pot, avoiding the solids at the bottom. Add your favorite apple-friendly booze. One might recommend a good demerara rum, a decent whiskey, a splash of brandy, or go all apple and pick up a bottle of Calvados, which is a great addition to your apple pie. (Mmmmm, pie…)
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Mulling
- Cuisine: British