HOT APPLE CIDER

HOT APPLE CIDER
“Calls for fresh apple cider and pure maple sugar”


6 cups apple cider
1/4 cup real maple syrup
2 cinnamon sticks
6 whole cloves
6 whole allspice berries
1 orange peel cut into strips
1 lemon peel cut into strips


1. Pour the apple cider and maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan.

2. Place the cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice, orange peel and lemon peel in the center of a washed square of cheesecloth, fold up the sides of the cheesecloth to enclose the bundle, then tie it up with a length of kitchen string. Drop the spice bundle into the cider mixture.

3. Place the saucepan over moderate heat for 5 t0 10 minutes, or until the cider is very hot and not boiling.

4. Remove the cider from the heat. Discard the bundle. Ladle the cider into big cups or mugs, adding a fresh cinnamon stick to each serving if desired.

Yield: 6 servings.