holiday wassail

Name: Holiday Wassail
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: English
Ingredients: 1 quart(s) black, hot tea; 1 quart(s) cranberry juice cocktail; 1 quart(s) apple juice; 3 - cinnamon sticks; 12 - whole cloves; 2 cup(s) orange juice (with or without pulp); 3/4 cup(s) fresh lemon juice; 1 1/2 cup(s) granulated sugar; - rum; - brandy; - fresh orange slices; - cloves for the orange slices

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Suzanne Larsen

Ankeny, IA

Updated on Jan 30, 2014

I've been making this for years for Christmas. It's good any time but it makes a lot. You would have to pare down the recipe to just make a few cups of this.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 30 Min

method No-Cook or Other

yield Several

Ingredients

1 quart black, hot tea
1 quart cranberry juice cocktail
1 quart apple juice
3 - cinnamon sticks
12 - whole cloves
2 cups orange juice (with or without pulp)
3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- rum
- brandy
- fresh orange slices
- cloves for the orange slices

How To Make holiday wassail

Step 1

Place all the ingredients in a large Dutch oven or other large saucepan.

Step 2

Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat and simmer.
Step 3

Add 1/5 bottle of Rum and 1/2 fifth bottle of Brandy.
Step 4

Add slices of fresh orange.
Step 5

Keep warm until you are ready to serve.
Step 6

Take some fresh orange slices and stick cloves in them.
Step 7

Pour the wassail into a cup, add the fresh orange slice with cloves, and enjoy. Make sure you remove the cloves and cinnamon sticks from the wassail before you pour it into cups.
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