Have Ye Christmas Wassail

If you’re going for a really old fashioned Christmas this year you will want a good recipe of for wassail.

This recipe gives your two versions of wassail.  One in which you add a little milk and give the wassail the lamb’s wool look and another where you garnish it clove studded orange slices.

You will need

6 small apples

2 oranges

24 cloves

1 three inch cinnamon sticks

3 allspice berries

3 cardamom pods

3 whole cloves

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 Liters of Canada Dry Ginger Ales

1 bottle (750ml) of Cream Sherry

1 Cup (Brandy)

1 Cup milk (optional)

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  Cook your apples on a cookie sheet for at least 20 minutes. They should be brown and tender when down.  If you are not using milk, slice your oranges and stud the edges with cloves. 

Break up your spices and secure them in a cheese cloth with a cotton string. You are making a spice tea bag of sorts.  Heat two cups on ginger ale until boiling and then place your spice bag in the ginger ale. Simmer the mixture for about twenty minutes.  Throw out the spice bag.  Add the rest of the ginger ale, sherry, and brandy. Do not boil, but simmer on a medium heat until very hot. Do these no more than 10 minutes.

You will garnish your Wassail with the cooked apples if you whisk in milk at the last minute or the clove studded orange slices. Serve the wassail while it is hot.  This makes 25 4 once servings.