Table of Contents
- Last Christmas in the City with Mulled Winter Punch
- Quick and Simple Mulled Winter Punch Recipe
- Fall in Love with These Glass Mugs
Last Christmas in the City with Mulled Winter Punch
This week marks the arrival of the Bath Christmas Market to town. It’s one of the highlights of the festive season for anyone who lives here. My evenings will be spent meandering between the cute little wooden huts, eating mince pies, and drinking hot chocolate or Mulled Winter Punch. This might be the last Christmas we spend living in the city (touch all the wood), so we’re definitely planning on making the most of it.
Another staple of the Christmas Market is copious amounts of Mulled Wine that Katie and our friend Lexie consume. Okay, so maybe ‘copious’ is pushing things a little far, but it certainly doesn’t take much to get Katie more than a little tipsy these days, But I’m a non-drinker, so I miss out on all the mulled fun.
Until now.
Ginger Galore in Our Recipe
Yep, it’s got all the characteristics of a glass of mulled wine, without the hangover. Instead of wine, we’re going to be mulling apple and cranberry juices, which are pretty much the most festive of all the juices, right? The rest of the ingredients are your standard mulling spices – ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and slices of fresh orange.
I waaaaaay over ordered on the ginger front. The perils of online grocery shopping. Oh well, I’ll just have to mull myself about a hundred more mugs of this stuff before the festive season is out.
Quick and Simple Mulled Winter Punch Recipe
This mulled winter punch really couldn’t be any easier to make – throw all the ingredients into a saucepan, bring to the boil, and then simmer for about ten minutes. Job done. Make your life easier and strain the punch through a sieve, rather than trying to ladle around the spices – those pesky cloves will get everywhere!
By the way – this year’s Christmas theme in our house is gold and white, hence the gold tinsel adorning these photos. I photographed this punch back in October, when we had yet to go and collect our Christmas decorations from my parents’ attic. So I popped out to Primark and picked up a few new additions to help things along until the good stuff gets here. Bring on the Christmas goat.
Speaking of festive drinks, this recipe reminds me of the welcome drinks for a wedding in summer, which can be equally enjoyable for guests.
Fall in Love with These Glass Mugs
I’m a little bit in love with the glass mugs, and I bet you guys are too. I bought them especially for the Toblerone Hot Chocolate recipe I shared with you last week, and I couldn’t help but bust them out again for this punch. If you want to get hold of some, then these are the ones
Mulled Winter Punch
Equipment
- 1 Casserole
- 1 Strainer
- 1 Pot
- 2 Cups
Ingredients
- 500 ml Cloudy apple juice
- 250 ml Cranberry juice
- ½ unit Orange, sliced
- 1 unit Large orange
- 3 unit Cinnamon sticks
- 4 unit Ginger root Cut in pieces
- 10 unit Whole cloves
- 100 g Brown sugar
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into a saucepan, and bring to the boil on a medium heat. Once boiling, reduce the heat down to medium-low, and leave to simmer for ten minutes or so.
- Strain the punch through a fine sieve to remove all the spices, and then serve immediately in mugs.
