Traditional Wassail Recipes UK History. Traditional Wassail Recipes A Traditional Shropshire Wassail Recipe – for hardened Wassailers! 10 very small apples 1 large orange stuck with whole cloves10 teaspoons brown sugar2 bottles dry sherry or dry Madeira 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground ginger 3 cloves 3 allspice berries 2 or 3 cinnamon sticks2 cups castor sugar 12 to 20 pints of cider according to the number of guests 1 cup (or as much as you like) brandy Core the apples and fill each with a teaspoon of brown sugar.
Place in a baking pan and cover the bottom with 1/8-inch of water. Insert cloves into the orange about 1/2" apart. Bake the orange with the apples in a 350° oven. After about 30 minutes, remove the orange and puncture it in several places with a fork or an ice pick. Combine the sherry or Madeira, cider, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice berries, cinnamon, sugar, apple and orange juice and water in a large, heavy saucepan and heat slowly without letting the mixture come to a boil. Wassail – the "soft' option. Wine. How to make a mojo Mojito. Born in Cuba during the early 1900s as an adaptation of a cocktail called the Draque, the Mojito embodies the flavors of the tropics.
However, Mojitos are so alluring that they are more than just a hot-weather drink. Traditionally, the Mojito is a rum-based cocktail, bursting with fresh lime, mint and sugar muddled together and topped with ice and a touch of soda water. However, variations are almost as numerous as the bars in the Bay Area. For our tests, we started with a basic recipe of 10 to 12 mint leaves, the juice from 1 lime, 2 tablespoons of simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water heated until the sugar dissolves), 2 ounces rum, ice and 3 to 4 ounces of soda water. The procedure is almost as important as the ingredients - the mint, simple syrup and lime juice are placed in a glass and mashed several times with a wooden muddler, a device resembling a miniature baseball bat that is used to press down on the mint, bruising it.
Our next step was to find a sweetener. Juice of 1 lime. Thirsty Thursday. Since I'm going to have the house to myself this weekend I'm thinking about having some fun in the kitchen. I've been looking around on Pinterest for some yummy recipes to play with. The possibilities are endless ! I found so many delicious, mouth-watering, "omg now I'm hungry", recipes. And not only for food, for drinks too! I don't know where to start. Check out these links to find the recipes of these pretty beverages! Don't they all look delicious?? Festive Drink Umbrellas - Martha Stewart Entertaining Crafts.