Description
An approximately eight-mug batch of pasteurized nonalcoholic cider warmed with whole spices and orange, finished with vanilla.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 cups Pasteurized unsweetened, nonalcoholic apple cider
- 3 sticks Cinnamon sticks
- 6 cloves Whole cloves
- 6 berries Whole allspice berries
- 1/2 orange Medium orange, washed and sliced
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash and slice half a medium orange; reserve the other half for another use. Pour 8 cups pasteurized unsweetened, nonalcoholic apple cider into a 3- or 4-quart slow cooker.
- Add 3 cinnamon sticks, 6 whole cloves, 6 whole allspice berries and the orange slices. Put small spices in a food-safe sachet if desired so they are easy to retrieve. Cover.
- Heat on low approximately 3 hours until fully hot and fragrant. Taste carefully before leaving the spices in longer; do not assume every cooker reaches the same temperature in that period.
- Remove orange and spices with a fine strainer or sachet. Stir in 1 tsp vanilla extract and ladle into about eight mugs. Record actual volume and flavor strength in a kitchen trial; do not treat this warming method as a substitute for starting with pasteurized cider.
Notes
Recipe-development draft; not kitchen-tested. Timing and yield are estimates. Nutrition has not been calculated.
Additional chilling, resting or cooling time: 5 minutes, included in the total.
Untested estimate: 10-minute preparation, 3 hours low cooker, 5 minutes to strain and add vanilla. Starting cider temperature and cooker size alter heating; final actual yield pending.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Chilling, resting or cooling: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 180 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: One of eight approximately 1-cup mugs before evaporation/fruit uptake; final volume pending