The Recipe: Hot Apple Pie Punch

Ingredients

1½ tsp ground cinnamon

a good pinch ground cloves

½ whole grated nutmeg

2l apple juice

2 tsp vanilla extract

6 scoops vanilla ice cream

dark rum (optional)

Method

1. Put the cinnamon, ground cloves, nutmeg, apple juice and vanilla extract in a large saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer.

2. When the apple juice has warmed through, add the vanilla ice cream and whisk vigorously with a balloon whisk until melted and combined with the hot apple juice – the ice cream should make a frothy top on the juice.

3. Pour a splash of dark rum into the bottom of the adults’ cups and top up with the hot punch.

4. Garnish with a sprinkling of cinnamon and apple crisps.