Ingredients:​

• 2 ltrs cloudy apple juice

• 3 clementines or satsumas, halved, squeezed and plopped into the pan

• 1 lime, sliced 

• 2 cinnamon sticks 

• 2 star anise

• 4-6 cloves, depending on taste

• Nutmeg, freshly grated

• Good quality honey, squeezed in to taste (about 1-2 tbsp)

• Bottle of good spiced rum

Method:

• In a big pan, pour in the apple juice and put over a low heat.

• Add the fruit, spices and honey, reduce the heat to as low as possible and cover. Allow to meld together. Your house will smell amazing.

• Don't allow it to get too hot or it will reduce and all you want it to do is mingle.

• Pour a 25ml shot of rum into a heatproof glass and top up with a ladelful of the spicy apple. Yum.