FROM SAMANTHA'S BAR
Mulled Apple Ginger
Fragrant apple juice infused with fresh ginger, lemon, and warming spices.
MOCKTAIL
1 DRINK
HEAT PROOF/ROCKS
ABOUT THE DRINK
Mulled Apple & Ginger turns clear apple juice into a fragrant, grown-up mocktail with fresh ginger, cinnamon and clove. Lemon goes in after the heat to keep the sweetness bright and balanced.
It is made for a staying-in Friday: glowing amber, gently spiced and warm enough to slow the evening down.
THE POUR
Ingredients
300 ml clear apple juice
12 g fresh ginger, thinly sliced
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
15 ml fresh lemon juice
1 thin red apple slice, to garnish
Method
1.
Place the apple juice, ginger, cinnamon and cloves in a small saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat until steaming, without allowing it to boil.
2.
Reduce the heat to low and gently infuse for 5 minutes.
3.
Remove from the heat and stir in the fresh lemon juice.
4.
Strain into a heatproof glass. Garnish with the apple slice and cinnamon stick, then serve warm.
SAMANTHA'S NOTES
Choose clear juice
Simmer, don't boil
Keep the heat gentle. The 300 ml starting quantity allows for evaporation and should yield approximately 250 ml.
Clear apple juice gives the drink its glowing amber colour. Cloudy apple juice will taste just as good, but will look more opaque.
Lemon juice last
Add the lemon juice after removing the saucepan from the heat. This preserves its freshness.
KEEP POURING
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