Mulled apple juice
This very simple recipe will give you a warming drink with an amazing flavour of apples and spices. Just the thing to serve to your guests as a "trou normand" (traditionally a small glass of calvados served between courses), or to round off a meal with the dessert.
26K 3 4.7
Last modified on: February 16th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 600 ml, you will need:
- 1
600 ml apple juice - 2
60 g caster sugar - 3
3 tonka beans - 4
1 vanilla pod - 5
10 greens cardamoms beans - Total weight: 669 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 min. | 1 hour | 15 min. | 1 hour 18 min. |
At what time:
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ? - Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Put 600 ml apple juice into a saucepan and add 60 g caster sugar, 3 tonka beans* (coarsely chopped), 1 vanilla pod (split lengthways) and 10 greens cardamoms beans.
*American cooks should be aware that tonka beans are currently banned in the USA by the FDA.
*American cooks should be aware that tonka beans are currently banned in the USA by the FDA.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Put on medium heat and bring to the boil.
Take off the heat, cover (very important) and leave to infuse for a good hour or longer.
Take off the heat, cover (very important) and leave to infuse for a good hour or longer.
Stage 3 - 1 hour
Strain the juice and tip any remaining spices into the fine sieve you are using.
The mulled apple juice is ready and can be put into sealed bottles and kept in the fridge for several days.
The mulled apple juice is ready and can be put into sealed bottles and kept in the fridge for several days.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Before serving, bring up to a simmer on medium heat...
Stage 5
...and serve piping hot in small coffee cups.
Remarks
If you'd like a more syrupy drink, add a little more sugar.
To bring out even more cardamom flavour, chop or crush the seeds as well. You can also give the tonka*, cardamom and vanilla a quick blast in a blender before adding this ground spice mixture to the apples.
*American cooks should be aware that tonka beans are currently banned in the USA by the FDA.
To bring out even more cardamom flavour, chop or crush the seeds as well. You can also give the tonka*, cardamom and vanilla a quick blast in a blender before adding this ground spice mixture to the apples.
*American cooks should be aware that tonka beans are currently banned in the USA by the FDA.
Keeping
A few days in the fridge, in a sealed bottle.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 512 Kcal or 2,144 Kj | 1 gr | 126 gr | 0 gr |
| 26 % | <1 % | 12 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 76 Kcal or 318 Kj | < 1 gr | 19 gr | 0 gr |
| 4 % | <1 % | 2 % | 0 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 600 ml : 4.77 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Apple juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple custard tart, Apple confectioner's custard, Apple paste, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Doughnuts, Kouign-amann, How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Ciabatta, ... All |
 | Green cardamoms beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Indian rice pudding, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
Stewed apricots
Here is how to make delicious stewed apricots, both an easy and a more sophisticated way.737K 143.6 1 hour 17 min. July 12th 2023
Foie gras cured in salt
This a quite different preparation from the terrine of foie gras, this time it does not go in the oven, the liver is salted for 48 hours and it "cooks" (or cures) in this way.546K5 2 days 16 hours 28 min. December 23th 2017
Surprise bread
This recipe is for a large surprise bread so you can make six layers (48 small sandwiches if you divide each layer in 8), with three different flavours: smoked salmon/lime, smoked ham/butter, mayonnaise/chicken.679K 84.5 6 hours 24 min. December 27th 2020
African style chicken
This is a sort of smoked chicken, cooked in a tomato-coconut sauce, and served with kidney beans and plain rice. It's quite a simple recipe, with ready-made ingredients, but which needs a long cooking time on low heat (one hour).389K5 2 hours 4 min. February 21th 2011
How to prepare cabbage
Cabbage can be used cooked or raw, whole leaves or in julienne. Here is how to prepare a cabbage julienne.1.1M 13.6 43 min. December 31th 2013
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2023-12-10)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post your comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.