Mulled maple apple cider with Rum
This Mulled maple apple cider recipe is a hot apple cider with rum, cinnamon, allspice, citrus, and cloves . It a comforting mulled cider with rum sweetened with pure maple syrup.
Servings 4
Calories 208kcal
Ingredients
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon
- 8 whole allspice berries
- 4 small cinnamon sticks
- 5 whole cloves
- 2 whole star anise
- 1 quart apple cider
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup dark rum or whiskey optional (see suggestions above)
- Slices of a apple garnish
- Long Cinnamon Sticks garnish
Instructions
- Using a vegetable or citrus peeler, peel both the orange and the lemon. Add the peels, allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and the star anise to a sauce pot.
- Juice both the orange and the lemon. Add all the juice to the mulling spices and citrus peels in the pot.
- Stir in one quart of apple cider and then add pure maple syrup to the citrus peels and the mulling spices.
- Place the pot of mulled maple apple cider on low heat and allow to simmer for 30 minutes. Strain out or remove the spices and peels from the cider. Add 1/2 cup of dark rum, if desired.
- Pour your mulled cider with rum into cups and garnish with the apple slices and tall cinnamon sticks. Enjoy
Nutrition
Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 342mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 93IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 1mg