Christmas Mulled Gin & Tonic with Apple
This apple-based Mulled Gin & Tonic is easy to pull together and makes a wonderful Christmassy hot drink to serve to a crowd.Non-drinkers can enjoy the mulled apple juice just as it is.
Servings: 8
Calories: 166kcal
Ingredients
For the Mulled Apple Juice
- 1 ltr/ 4 cups Cloudy apple juice
- 25 Fresh cranberries
- 1 Cinnamon stick - 10cm
- 3 Allspice berries
- 2 Star anise
- 4 Slivers fresh ginger
- 1 Clementine
- 12 Cloves
For the Mulled Gin & Tonic
- 120 ml/ ½ cup Mulled apple juice
- 30 ml/ 1 fl oz Gin
- 1 teaspoon Tonic Syrup
To garnish: fresh cranberries, cinnamon, star anise
Instructions
Make the Mulled Apple Juice
- Bash the cinnamon stick a few times using a pestle and mortar and drop into a medium saucepan
- Poke the cloves into the clementine and add to the pan
- Tap the allspice berries to just split them and add to the pan along with all remaining ingredients
- Put the lid on the pan and heat to almost boiling, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse for at least 1 hour
- Strain through a fine-meshed sieve, decant into a screwtop bottle and refrigerate until required (keeps for up to 5 days)
Make the Mulled Gin & Tonic
- Gently reheat sufficient mulled apple juice in a pan until hot but not boiling
- Pour the gin and the tonic syrup into a heatproof glass and top with the hot apple juice
- Garnish with cranberries, star anise and a cinnamon stick
Nutrition
Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 2mg
