How to Make Mulled Cider
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Festive, Warming, Spiced Cider
We're all familiar with mulled wine at this time of year but why not try mulled cider for a change? It's just as warming and comforting but I find it a little lighter on the stomach. My recipe is below, along with all the spices you need to make your very own mulled cider. I have included my own recipe for mulled cider below as well as links to some others. The best thing to do is experiment with different spices and quantities until you have a recipe you're happy with. If all that seems like too much trouble there are plenty of ready made spice mixes that work quite well with mulled cider.
Mulling Spices for Cider
You can cheat when mulling cider by using ready made spice mixes. Whilst there are some excellent spice mixes available I nver find them to be as good as making your own. However these spice mixes make a great short cut and are handy to have in the store cupboard so that you can prepare some mulled cider at short notice for unexpected guests.
My Mulled Cider Recipe
- Serves: Four
- Total Time: 10-15minutes
Ingredients
- 1 Litre of good quality appley cider
- One unwaxed orange studded with six cloves
- Three cinnamon sticks
- One star anise
- Three tbsp clear honey
- One apple sliced
- One bay leaf
- One vanilla pod
- halved
- Half a teaspoon of allspice
- A shot of Calvados or Apple Schnapps (optional)
Instructions
Pour the cider into a large pan, simmer very gently and stir in all the ingredients. When the apple slices are tender, pour into glasses and serve. As most of the alcohol is burned off during mulling you might like to add a bit of a kick to your mulled cider with a shot or two of calvados or apple schapps after mulling.
Spice Shopping List
If you'd like to try my mulled cider recipe, here are the honey and spices you'll need.
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Cider Chat
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Ladydove62
Jan 2, 2011 @ 10:42 am | delete
- This recipe sounds yummy.
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ShamanicShift
Jan 1, 2011 @ 5:53 pm | delete
- YUM...I'm enjoying some now!
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MTF-briguy
Dec 28, 2010 @ 3:31 pm | delete
- What a great recipe..heard of mulled wine, thanks for introducing my to mulled cider!
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Wednesday_Elf
Dec 28, 2010 @ 10:37 am | delete
- Sounds like a delicious recipe for mulled cider. I've been a big fan of cider in any form all my life because as a child my friend's dad owned a cider mill and we were in-and-out all the time. Love those memories!
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Tipi
Dec 23, 2010 @ 9:58 am | delete
- I knew I bought that cider for a reason! I've never mulled my own but today is a good day to start! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
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