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Mulled Apple Cider With Orange and Ginger

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Ladle being dropped into pot of Apple Cider
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Pearl Jones

Come in from the cold to this warmly spiced hot apple cider.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 8 cups

Ingredients

8 cups unpasteurized apple cider
A 3-inch cinnamon stick
10 whole cloves
1 navel orange, peeled and sliced crosswise
A 2-inch piece of peeled fresh ginger, cut into 6 slices

Preparation

  1. In a large saucepan combine the cider, the cinnamon stick, the cloves, the orange and the ginger and simmer the mixture for 20 minutes. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a heat-proof pitcher and serve the mulled cider warm.

TagsHot DrinkBeveragesPitcher DrinkApple CiderCinnamonHerbs & SpicesOrangeCitrusFruitGingerBrunchGluten FreeNut FreeNonalcoholicQuickEasy5 Ingredients or FewerSimmerFallWinterEpicurious

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