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Great Warming Winter Drinks

Hot Chocolate

3 cups milk
150g chopped dark or milk chocolate
4 marshmallows

Warm 2 tall serving glasses. Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add chocolate, stirring constantly until fully melted. Pour into pre-warmed glasses and top with a couple of marshmallows. Allow marshmallows to melt before drinking.

Affogato

Ice-cream (low fat)
4 x 30ml shots espresso coffee

Fill 4 small serving glasses with 2-3 scoops of ice-cream. Top the ice-cream with a shot (30ml) of hot espresso coffee and serve. For a real lift, add an extra shot of chocolate or coffee-flavoured liqueur.

Spiced-WineMulled Wine

2 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 vanilla bean, split length-ways
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1 orange, quartered and thinly sliced
750ml red wine

Combine the spices, sugar and most of the orange (reserve some slices for serving) with 1 cup of water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Simmer for 5 mins. Add wine and heat gently until hot. Strain the mixture into a warm serving jug and pour into warmed glasses. Top with reserved orange slices.

hot-apple-ciderHot Apple Cider

750ml (3 cups) alcoholic cider
250ml (1 cup) apple juice
250ml (1 cup) apple schnapps (see note)
1 vanilla bean, split
1 strip lemon rind
1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced

Heat cider, juice, schnapps, vanilla and lemon rind in a saucepan over medium-low heat until just before boiling. Set aside for 10 minutes to develop flavours. Discard vanilla bean. Add apple. Pour into heatproof glasses.

spiced-appleSpiced Apple Tea

6 whole cloves
2 granny smith apples, cored, roughly chopped
1/3 cup unrefined sugar
1 cinnamon stick, halved
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Thinly sliced granny smith apple, to serve

Using a mortar and pestle, pound cloves until lightly crushed. Place cloves, apple, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice in a saucepan. Add 6 cups cold water. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Boil for 5 minutes or until apple has softened. Strain into a heatproof jug. Pour into glasses. Serve with apple.

Hot Toddy

80ml (1/3 cup) Whiskey
60ml (1/4 cup) fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
2 x 7cm cinnamon sticks, bruised
12 whole cloves
250ml (1 cup) boiling water
2 x 5cm-strips lemon peel, to serve

Place the whiskey, lemon juice, honey, cinnamon and cloves in a heatproof jug.
Add the boiling water and stir until honey dissolves.
Pour among serving glasses. Add the lemon rind and serve immediately.

Irish Coffee

1 double shot (60ml) hot espresso coffee
2 tablespoons whisky
1 cup boiling water
whipped cream, to serve

Pour coffee into a heatproof glass. Add whisky and boiling water. Stir to combine. Spoon cream over coffee mixture.

~ All recipes courtesy Taste.com.au

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