Mulled Apple Cider Mimosas
These sparkly apple cider mimosas taste like bright, autumn sunshine! Simmer your favorite farmer’s market apple cider, a few cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger, tangerine and lemon with a tea infuser of mulling spices to create this elegantly seasonal brunch cocktail!
Servings: 14 cocktails
Calories: 10kcal
Equipment
- 1 cutting board & sharp knife
- 1 gallon pot
- 1 gallon bowl
- 1 colander or mesh strainer
- 1 half-gallon container for mulled cider
- 1 tea egg - or cheesecloth and baker’s string
- 1 funnel
Ingredients
- 1 half-gallon apple cider
- 2 bottles prosecco
- ¼ cup sliced ginger - about 2 ounces
- 1 oz. mulling spices
- 1 tangerine
- 1 lemon
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- candied ginger - optional for garnish
Instructions
- Slice 1 lemon, 1 tangerine and 2 oz. ginger into thin slices.
- Place 1 oz. mulling spices in a tea egg or make a little sachet using cheesecloth and baker’s string.
- In a 1-gallon pot, add 1 half-gallon apple cider, sliced fruits and sliced ginger, 4 cinnamon sticks, and mulling spice tea egg. Simmer on low for 30 minutes.
- Pour cider into a colander over a bowl to strain ingredients. Use a funnel to easily pour mulled cider into your container. Refrigerate until cold - about 3 hours.
- To make mimosas, fill glasses with half-mulled cider and half-prosecco. Garnish and serve.
Notes
When storing and cooling the mulled cider, I highly suggest adding a cinnamon stick to the bottle while it cools.
Mulled cider will last for 2 weeks if refrigerated in a container.
This recipe calls for half-cider, half-prosecco, but if you want your mimosas less sweet, use ⅔ prosecco and ⅓ cider.
To make the ginger garnish, I used crystalized ginger and tiny flowers. I first pierced the ginger through with a cocktail pin, removed the pin, placed the flowers in the little hole, then slid the cocktail pin back through again.
See post for detailed instructions with photos of the process.
Nutrition information is an estimate.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 10kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.1mg