Notes
I never had a chance to get into this, preferring mulled wine or spiced (and spiked) cider for my yuletide inebriation needs. Still -- Dickens, Wassail, how can you go wrong?
Ingredients
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3
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baking apples, cored
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1/4 cup
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sugar
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1 cup
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water
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4 qts
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ale
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2 Tbl
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ground cinnamon
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2 Tbl
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ground ginger
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2 Tbl
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nutmeg
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1 qt
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sherry
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1 1/2 cups
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sugar
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2
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lemons,
juiced & peeled
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Preparation
Put apples into a deep casserole. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and the water in a saucepan; bring to boil.
Pour syrup over apples. Cover casserole and bake at 350F 30 to 40 minutes or until apples are tender, basting occasionally.
Pour ale into a saucepan and heat on low heat until it foams.
Add spices, sherry and 1 1/2 cups sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice. Heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
Reheat mixture and pour through a double thickness of cheesecloth into a heat resistant punch bowl. Float apples and serve, garnished with lemon peel.
Primary Category:
Beverages
Seconary Categories:
Makes You Drunk
Copyright (c) 2001-2012,
William Pollock, Sacramento, California.
EatHappy.Core revision: 3.25
