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- From: jfwhome!babs@eddie.mit.edu
- Subject: Apple Mulling Spice
- Message-ID: <2cns44$b6c@jfwnew.funhouse.com>
- Organization: Our Lady of Perpetual Mirth (Pacifica)
- References: <2CD92C23@ccsdsmtp.columbiasc.ncr.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 1993 08:57:24 -0500
-
-
- I don't seem to have ever written my father's version down, but this
- is such a flexible recipe that they tend to be similar. Here's one
- from off the net:
-
- Mulled Cider
-
- From: ailbhe@skid.ps.uci.edu (Ailbhe)
- Subject: Mulled Wine/Apple Cider Spice Mix
- Date: 13 Dec 90 21:31:32 GMT
-
- This makes 14 bags, each bag is enough to mull a 750-ml bottle of red
- wine, or 1/2 gallon of apple cider.
-
- 3 boxes (1 ounce each) cinnamon sticks (about 25 2-inch long sticks)
- 6 whole nutmegs
- 1/3 cup each chopped dried orange and lemon peel
- 1/4 cup each whole allspice and whole cloves
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped, crystallized ginger
-
- Cut doubled layers of cheesecloth into fourteen 5-inch squares. Have
- ready fourteen 8-10 inch long pieces of plain white string. Put
- cinnamon sticks and nutmegs in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling
- pin or small heavy skillet until broken into small pieces. Mix with
- remaining ingredients. Tie 3 generous tablespoonsful in each
- cheesecloth square.
-
- To mull wine: Stir 1/2 cup water and 1/3 cup granulated sugar in a 1
- 1/2 to 2 qt. saucepan until sugar dissolves. Add 3 1/4 cups wine and
- the spice bag. Reduce heat to low, cover and heat very gently until
- mixture is very hot but not boiling, about 20 minutes. Discard spice
- bag.
-
- To mull cider: Add spice bag to 8 cups apple cider in a 2 1/2-3 qt.
- saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 30-35
- minutes.
-
- To dry citrus peel: With vegetable peeler remove colored part of peel
- from 2 large oranges and 4 lemons. Place in single layer on plate;
- cover with paper towel and let stand at room temperature one day or
- until dried. Snip in small pieces with kitchen shears or chop coarse
- with knife.
-
- Hope this helps!
-