Post #347500 by 54 house of bamboo on Mon, Dec 3, 2007 11:27 AM

Ingredients
1 litre/1 pint 15fl oz cider
60ml/2fl oz dark rum
250ml/9fl oz apple and ginger tea, from herbal teabag
40g/1½oz soft dark brown sugar
2 clementines
4 cloves
2 cardamom pods
2 sticks cinnamon
2 fresh bay leaves

Method

1. Pour the cider, rum and herbal tea into a wide saucepan. Add the sugar and place the saucepan over a low heat.
2. Slice the clementines in half and stick a clove into each half. Add the clementines to the pan.
3. Break the cinnamon sticks in half. Add the cinnamon, bay leaves and cardamom pods to the saucepan.
4. Heat the saucepan until the mixture is almost boiling. Turn down the heat once the pan is near to boiling.
5. To serve, ladle the mulled cider into heatproof glasses with handles.