Mulled Apple Juice
A non-alcoholic alternative to mulled wine. Inspired by the delicious "Apple Mulled Fruits" from Starbucks.
Ingredients
1 liter apple juice
1 cinnamon stick (about 8 cm)
15 cloves
8 green cardamom pods (crushed with the flat of a knife to expose the seeds)
2 slices ginger (coin-sized, finger-thick)
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 heaping teaspoons vanilla rooibos tea
Servings: 4
How to prepare mulled apple juice
- Put the apple juice to heat along with all the spices except the tea. If you put the spices in a tea bag/filter, you won't need to strain at the end. Boil for 2 minutes after it starts to simmer.
- Remove from heat, add the tea, and cover the pot (you can put this in a tea bag as well).
- Let it steep for 5 minutes.
- Strain through a tea strainer (if you didn't use bags) and serve hot. If the apples used were very tart and it tastes sour after cooking, you can add a little honey. But for example, if you juiced Jonathan apples you won't need sweetener - the sweetness from the spices (cloves and cinnamon) and the rooibos tea is enough.
* You can take it with you in a thermos; at home you can keep it hot all day in the coffee maker carafe with the warmer on
