Spiced apple syrup with clementine & cloves

Mix this syrup into hot apple juice or wine for a sweet and fiery burst of Christmas flavour. It's also delicious drizzled over ice cream for dessert

  • Prep:10 mins
    Cook:15 mins
    plus cooling
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 41
  • fat 0g
  • saturates 0g
  • carbs 10g
  • sugars 10g
  • fibre 0g
  • protein 0g
  • salt 0g

Ingredients

  • 200ml apple juice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp whole allspice
  • 1 mace blade
  • 2 whole cloves
  • small strip fresh ginger
  • 1 clementine, zest finely peeled with a vegetable peeler
  • 100g golden caster sugar

Method

  1. Heat the apple juice with the whole spices, ginger, zest and sugar. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins.

  2. Remove from the heat and leave to cool, then strain the syrup into small bottles.

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