Gardenbees
Field Bee
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2010
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 3
Grate some nutmeg into a toddy glass or mug, sprinkle some ground cinnamon, and dump about a level teaspoonful of unsalted butter onto it.
Add a spoonful of dark honey and a good slosh of rum - Morgan's Spiced if you like the vanilla flavour, a darker rum if you prefer a more "burnt sugar" flavour.
Also add a glug of apple juice if you like, but it's not vital.
Top up with hot water, stirring vigorously to mix in the butter (like a warm, spicy version of a vinaigrette!). A cinnamon stick makes a good stirrer!
Result: a lovely, warm, comforting drink that smells like apple pie and tastes gorgeous! Not excessively alchoholic - unless you really let your hand slip on the rum (which, mysteriously, I always do)
Alternatives: palm sugar or maple syrup instead of honey;
top up with hot apple juice rather than hot water;
Use hot cider instead of rum, making hot buttered cider instead;
Use a dark rum, with lime and grated ginger root instead of the cinnamon and nutmeg.
Enjoy!
Add a spoonful of dark honey and a good slosh of rum - Morgan's Spiced if you like the vanilla flavour, a darker rum if you prefer a more "burnt sugar" flavour.
Also add a glug of apple juice if you like, but it's not vital.
Top up with hot water, stirring vigorously to mix in the butter (like a warm, spicy version of a vinaigrette!). A cinnamon stick makes a good stirrer!
Result: a lovely, warm, comforting drink that smells like apple pie and tastes gorgeous! Not excessively alchoholic - unless you really let your hand slip on the rum (which, mysteriously, I always do)
Alternatives: palm sugar or maple syrup instead of honey;
top up with hot apple juice rather than hot water;
Use hot cider instead of rum, making hot buttered cider instead;
Use a dark rum, with lime and grated ginger root instead of the cinnamon and nutmeg.
Enjoy!