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Ingredients
- •3 oranges
- •About 30 whole cloves
- •3.7 liters (1 gallon) unfiltered apple cider
- •1.8 liters (8 cups) cranberry juice
- •198 grams (1 cup) sugar
- •4 cinnamon sticks
- •10-15 ml (2-3 teaspoons) Angostura bitters
- •45 ml (3 tablespoons) whole allspice berries
- •237 ml (1 cup) amber rum
- •237 ml (1 cup) dark rum
Preparation
Stud the oranges with the cloves. In a large heavy-bottomed pot mix together the cider, cranberry juice, sugar, oranges, cinnamon sticks, and allspice berries.
Heat to a simmer. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and allow mixture to steep on the lowest heat for 1 1/2 hours.
Add the rum just before serving. Strain into a heat-proof punch bowl and ladle into cups, or keep on the heat and serve as needed to just in-from-the-cold guests.
