SPIRITED HOT APPLE CIDER

facebook share image   twitter share image   pinterest share image   E-Mail share image



Spirited Hot Apple Cider image

Categories     Rum     Alcoholic     Thanksgiving     Halloween     Apple     Spice     Spirit     Fall     Winter     Cinnamon     Clove     Bon Appétit     Drink

Yield Makes 6 to 8 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 orange
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
10 whole allspice
10 whole cloves
6 cups apple cider
1/4 cup dark rum
1/2 cup applejack
Additional cinnamon sticks (optional)

Steps:

  • Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from orange. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add peel, sugar, 3 cinnamon sticks, allspice and cloves; stir 1 minute. Add cider; bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low; simmer 15 minutes. Mix in rum and applejack. Strain into mugs. Garnish with additional cinnamon sticks, if desired.

There are no comments yet!