Mulled Cider Spice Sachets Recipes

APPLE CIDER MULLING SPICE SACHETS

Steps:

• Place spices in center of a piece of cheesecloth. Tie tightly with long piece of string.
• Place spice sachet in small saucepan. Add apple cider. Simmer over medium heat 10 to 15 minutes or until fragrant. Stir in vanilla. Discard spice sachet. Serve warm.

MULLING SPICES FOR CIDER

Steps:

• Combine cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg in an airtight container. Add lemon zest when making mulled cider.

MULLED CIDER SPICE SACHETS

Steps:

• Place cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods in a plastic bag.
• Crush cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods using a rolling pin or the bottom cast iron skillet.
• Mix the crushed spices with the rest of the ingredients.
• Portion into six ready-made muslin tea bags or make your own with cheesecloth and kitchen string.
• Each sachet flavors 3 quarts apple cider.
• Write on a gift tag or paper and attach to gift:.
• Mulled Cider Sachets.
• 3 quarts apple cider.
• 1 orange, sliced.
• 1 spiced sachet.
• 8 cinnamon sticks.
• Pour apple cider into saucepan or crockpot. Place sachet(or bag) into pot. Simmer 20 minutes and serve warm with a cinnamon stick.
• Variation:.
• Replace 1 quart cider with another fruit juice, like cranberry.

MULLED CIDER

Steps:

• Place the cinnamon stick, cloves, allspice and bay leaf on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with kitchen string to form a bag. , In a large saucepan, combine the apple cider, juices, orange zest, brown sugar, salt and spice bag. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer mixture for 30 minutes to blend flavors. Discard spice bag. Strain cider mixture and stir in brandy if desired. Serve immediately.

SPICE SACHETS FOR MULLED CIDER AND WINE

Steps:

• Place spices in the center of each cheesecloth square. Gather edges and neatly tie each sachet with kitchen twine. Tie each bag with a ribbon, and tuck a sprig of evergreen or holly into the bow.
• For a gift: Attach a sachet to a jug of apple cider or bottle of wine. Include recipe on an index card or other recipe card as follows: Remove the ribbon and greens from sachet. Combine l gallon of apple cider or 750ml bottle of wine with l spice sachet in a large nonaluminum pot. Simmer over low heat 15 minutes if using wine or 30 minutes if using apple cider. Ladle into mugs and serve hot, garnish with a cinnamon stick or orange slice, if desired. Makes approximately 32 servings.

MULLED CIDER WITH WINTER SPICES

Steps:

• Mix first 10 ingredients in large saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer mixture 30 minutes to blend flavors. Strain mulled cider into mugs. Serve cider, passing applejack brandy separately, if desired.