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Christmas Wassail
"After everyone is served cups of steaming, spiced cider, we all give the wassail toast," Patricia Atkins, Palmer Lake, Colorado, says of the ancient beverage. "Be whole. Good health to you."
24 Servings
Prep: 40 min. Cook: 25 min.
Ingredients
3 medium McIntosh
or
Rome apples
1/2 cup water
2 gallons apple cider
or
juice,
divided
2 medium navel oranges, halved and sliced
2 medium lemons, halved and sliced
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cinnamon stick (3 inches), halved
Directions
Core apples and cut in half. Place cut side down in an 8-in. square
baking dish. Pour water around apples. Bake, uncovered, at 375°
for 20-25 minutes or until tender.
Cool slightly; scoop out pulp and place in a blender. Discard apple
peel. Add 1/2 cup cider to the blender; cover and process until
smooth.
In a Dutch oven, combine the oranges, lemons, sugar, nutmeg, cloves,
cinnamon, pulp mixture and remaining cider. Bring to a boil. Reduce
heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Discard orange and lemon
slices and cinnamon stick if desired.
Yield: about 2 gallons.
© Taste of Home 2011