Surrey Homes | SH49 | November 2018 | Gift supplement inside

MULLING
IT OVER
Warming winter wine is lovely – but try these spicy
alternatives, from some of our local producers
NIGHTINGALE CIDER
Tenterden mulled cider
SILENT POOL DISTILLERY
Mulled cranberry gin
Makes 1
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• A pinch of nutmeg
• 1 tsp (or less according
to taste) honey
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 cloves
• 1 orange, sliced
• 1 or 2 star anise
• 25ml Silent Pool gin
• 150ml cranberry juice
1Add the lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon stick, cloves
and star anise to a saucepan and bring to the boil.
Gently
2
boil for 2-3 minutes.
Reduce to a simmer, add the gin, cranberry juice and
3orange slices. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and strain into a Copa de Balon
gin glass.
Silent Pool Distillery, Shere Road, Albury, Surrey GU5 9BW
01483 229136 silentpooldistillers.com
Makes 6-8 cups
• 2 bottles of Nightingale Tenterden
Cider (1L)
• 10 cloves
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• ¼ tsp grated nutmeg
• Zest and juice of small orange
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• ½ vanilla pod
1Add the cider to the pan, followed by
the other ingredients and warm slowly,
until almost boiling. Turn the heat down
and allow the ingredients to a low simmer
for about ten minutes to infuse before
serving. Serve in a glass mug, or stemmed
wine glass.
2If you fancy a little extra fortification,
add a shot of English apple brandy to
each cup.
3 For a non-alcoholic and child friendly
version, use 1 bottle of Nightingale
apple juice instead of the cider and
remove the sugar (and brandy!) from
the recipe.
The cider (£3.25 a
bottle), apple juice
and all ingredients
are available from
Nightingale Farm
Shop, open
seven days a
week.
Gibbet Oak Farm, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent
TN30 7DH 01580 763938 nightingalecider.com
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