Description
Hot Mulled Apple Cider is a hot spiced drink with real apples, cooked over low heat for a long time to really infuse those warm autumn spices.
Ingredients
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- 520 grams apples, cored, quartered. Around 5 apples
- 1 orange, zest and juice, avoid white rind
- 2 cinnamon sticks, or 1 tsp ground
- 1 tsp whole allspice, or 1 tsp ground
- 1 tsp whole cloves, or 3/4 tsp ground
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg, preferably freshly grated
- 1 star anise, optional
- 2 liters water, 8 cups
- 120 g brown sugar, or to taste, 2/3 cup
- Juice of 1/2 lemon (optional)
Instructions
- Cut apples into quarters. Leave out seeds and stems. Zest your orange, avoid the bitter white rind, and juice it.
- Add the orange zest, orange juice and apples into a large pot along with all the spices. Cover with water. Let it all come to a boil, while stirring occasionally. Cover and reduce to simmer, for 2 hours.
- Then you mash the apples with a potato masher or a spatula, give it a good stir and simmer for 1 more hour. Pour the mixture through a sieve and add sugar. Add sugar in smaller batches and taste as you go to find your sweet spot.
- If you find it is still missing something, it may be that the apples are a little bland. A secret trick here is to add the juice of 1/2 lemon at the end. It will also taste even better the next day.
- Enjoy this hot mulled apple cider hot. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
You may also be interested in a Nordic mulled wine (both alcoholic and not alcoholic).
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Inactive Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Category: Drinks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 146
- Sugar: 31.8
- Sodium: 14
- Fat: 0.4
- Saturated Fat: 0.1
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 38.1
- Fiber: 4.4
- Protein: 0.7
- Cholesterol: 0