Celebration Hot Rum Buttered Cider - Cider Hot Toddy

French Tart's Note:

This spiced and hot rum buttered cider toddy is a wonderful drink throughout the cold winter months, and is perfect during the Festive Holiday Season as well. I use Scrumpy or local French Breton cloudy cider for this, which I believe is called Hard Cider in North America. Serve the hot rum buttered cider toddy in attractive warmed glasses and float a cinnamon stick on the top for that extra touch!

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 Hot Cid ...

• 1 orange
• 8 cloves
• 750 ml organic strong cider
• 50 ml dark rum
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 25 g butter
• extra cinnamon stick (to garnish) (optional)

Directions:

1. Stud the orange with the cloves.
2. Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan before adding the cider; continue to heat the cider and butter for about 5 minutes, then add the clove-studded orange and the cinnamon sticks; heat gently for a further 5 minutes - do NOT allow it to come to the boil.
3. Add the rum and heat for a further minute or two, again do not allow the toddy to come to the boil.
4. Serve in warmed punch glasses or mugs, add a cinnamon stick to each glass if you wish.
5. You can add more cider, rum and butter to the pan with the spiced fruit, throughout the evening.

Reviews

[FolkDiva]

I've tried several spiced cider and hot buttered rum recipes over the past few winters - this one is by far the easiest and ultimately my favorite in terms of flavor and aesthetics. The whole house smelled divine, the clove studded orange made for a fun presentation and all who tried it ladled out a second (or third) serving. I used Myers Dark rum and added additional cider, rum and just a little more butter throughout the evening. I found it helpful to use a small round wire mesh sieve to pour through as the cloves and/or cinnamon sticks began to break down and created a bit of residue after a couple of hours.

[loof]

Wonderful, rich, warm and comforting - great to relax at the end of a long day. The butter gave this cider a whole new dimension and the orange and spices were a perfect match. This is a wonderful treat - thanks for sharing the recipe! Made for the Comfort Cafe event, January 2009

[Chef Shadows]

Wonderfully warming and mellowing drink!