Plain.Recipes

Apple Cider Ice

Source: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/apple-cider-ice-recipe.html

Ingredients

  1. 10 cups unfiltered apple cider
  2. Peel of 1 orange
  3. 2 cinnamon sticks
  4. Large pinch grated nutmeg
  5. 6 whole cloves
  6. 1/2 cup Calvados or apple brandy
  7. 2 1/2 cups sugar syrup (2 cups water and 1/2 cup sugar, heated until sugar dissolves)
  8. 4 cups sparkling cider
  9. 4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  10. 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Directions

  1. In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine all the ingredients.
  2. Heat until the mixture begins to simmer.
  3. Decrease to medium low heat and let the mixture steep and reduce (but do not let boil) to 8 cups, about 1 hour.
  4. Refrigerate until cold.
  5. Pour reduced liquid into a shallow pan.
  6. Freeze, stirring every 1/2 hour, until hard, about 3 to 4 hours.