Both apples and cranberries are at their best in the fall. This recipe brings together these two great autumn flavors to make a delicious warm drink.
Mulled Cider and Cranberry
Introduction
Photo taken by: Edward_Pond
- Cooking time
- 3 mins
- Preparation time
- 5 mins
- Portions
- 6
- Partner
Ingredients
- 4 cups pure apple cider
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Grated zest of 1 lemon and 1 orange
- Apple slices and fresh cranberries
Steps
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In a saucepan, combine cider, cranberry juice, sugar, brandy, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon stick, lemon zest and orange zest. Heat over medium heat, just to combine flavors; do not boil. Strain and serve warm.
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Garnish with apple slices and cranberries. Makes 6 cups.
Excerpted from Earth to Table by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann Copyright © 2009 by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann. Photographs Copyright © 2009 by Edward Pond. Excerpted by permission of Random House Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
