Mom's Mulled Cider for the Crock Pot
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1-2 medium orange
- 1-2 medium red apple
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- whole cloves, for poking into fruit
- 2 lemons
- 0.25 ml ground cinnamon (optional)
- 0.25 ml ground cloves (optional)
- 0.25 ml nutmeg (optional)
- 3785.0 ml good quality cider (or more)
- 59.14 ml brown sugar, to taste
directions
- Set a medium or large crock pot to HIGH heat.
- Fill crock pot with cider- leaving room for the apple and orange to float around (we'll get to them in a minute).
- You will have extra cider at this point- use this for replenishing later.
- Wash the orange and apple and dry off.
- Poke cloves into the flesh of the orange and the apple- as many as you like.
- Set the cloves studded fruit into the crock pot.
- Add cinnamon sticks and some brown sugar to taste.
- Using a vegetable peeler, cut off two long strips of lemon rind from one of the lemons, being careful not to get any of the white pith.
- Drop these into the cider pot and save the rest of the partially zested lemon for another use.
- Slice the remaining lemon into thin slices and drop 4-5 slices into the cider pot.
- Save the remaining slices for later or another use (I set them in a dish for guests to use as garnish).
- Cover crock pot and let mixture come to almost a boil (this may take up to an hour- this will vary greatly depending upon the size of your crock pot).
- Once it is almost boiling,sprinkle with a very light dash of each ground spice to taste (don't add too much or it will be gritty).
- Turn the heat down to LOW and allow cider to cook at least another hour before serving.
- Leave the crock pot on LOW and allow guests to ladle out mugfuls.
- Keep replenishing more cider as the crockpot empties.
- You will NOT need to add more spices, etc, as long as you still have 1/4 of the original mulled cider left in the crock.
- No need to return to a boil, just pour in the new cider and continue to heat on LOW.
- The last dregs of cider will be very heavily spiced- I usually discard the remaining 1/4 of liquid after I am finished replenishing the cider for the day.
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Reviews
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It is essential that this mixture boil. My crock pot has to be covered with a folded towel to accomplish this, even when set on high. I skipped the apple and lemons, but used 2 oranges, each cut into 4 wedges. I also used 4 6-inch cinnamon (cassia) quills. The result is fantastic, especially if a bit of spiced rum is added to the cup before serving. Afterwards when I drained the leftovers for storage, the orange wedges tasted really good, too. :-) Next time I will add a couple of pods of cardamom.
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