Apple Cider, Traditional Comfort Food
How To Do It Right - A Healthy Apple Cider Recipe
You wouldn't think you'd need a recipe for apple cider, but this traditional comfort food has lost it's way, and unhealthy versions abound.
Hot apple cider is a winter drink, which goes well with cookies and popcorn. Serve with vigorous outdoor exercise, while watching others exercise, or at a party or potluck.
Start with high quality organic apple juice. Use raw whole dried spices, not a packaged flavor mix. And don't boil it, just heat it. If you have a crock pot, that's a handy way to keep it hot, but simmering on the stove works too.
Ingredients and directions for one to four quarts apple cider
- Organic apple juice
- Use more or less spice depending on quantity
- 4 - 10 whole cloves
- 2 - 6 green cardamom pods
- 1 /2 - 1 whole cinnamon stick
- Optional: 1 thin slice fresh ginger
- Heat the apple juice with the spices on the stove or in the crock pot
- When using a crock pot, start it a few hours ahead of time, or heat on the stove, then transfer to the crock pot.
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