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10 servings (1 pitcher)
1 day 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Peel from one lemon
  • 1 piece of ginger peeled and sliced around 2 inches
  • 3 cinnamon sticks broken
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 1 bottle cranberry juice cocktail (64 ounces)
  • 2 1/2 cups Calvados apple brandy, more to taste

To Serve:

  • Whole cranberries
  • Lemon slices
  • Apple slices
  • Cinnamon sticks

Instructions

  • Add sugar, lemon peel, ginger, cinnamon sticks, and cloves to a large Dutch oven or pot.
    Adding sugar, lemon peel, ginger, cinnamon sticks, and cloves for Cranberry Calvados Cocktail.
  • Pour in cranberry juice. Stir to combine.
    Pouring cranberry juice into a pot for Cranberry Calvados Cocktail.
  • Simmer for 30 minutes.
    Cranberry Calvados Cocktail simmering with spices in a blue pot.
  • Cool to room temperature.
  • Pour into a large pitcher, straining out lemon peel and spices.
    Cranberry Calvados cocktail in a pitcher with a bottle of Calvados.
  • Add Calvados to pitcher and let mixture chill for 24 hours.
  • To serve, add to a slow cooker and warm on 'Low'. Or gently warm on the stove over low heat.
  • Ladle into mugs and serve with a few cranberries, a squeeze of lemon juice, apple slices, and a cinnamon stick.

Nutrition

Calories: 177kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g