Ingredients
- 4 cups apple juice or white grape juice
- 1 tsp whole cloves crushed
- 1 tsp crystallized ginger chopped
- 1/2 tsp allspice berries crushed
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- 1/4 of whole vanilla bean left intact
- 1 bottle dry champagne or sparkling wine
- cheesecloth 4" x 4" square
- kitchen twine
Servings:
Instructions
Spice Sachet
- Place all of the spices, zest and vanilla bean segment into a sachet made from a double thickness of standard cheesecloth. Tie it off with kitchen twine.
Spiced Syrup
- In a small sauce pan, heat 4 cups of either the apple or white grape juice over medium-high heat until just beginning to boil. Place the sachet into the juice, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until reduced by about half (20-30 minutes). Remove from heat and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Remove the sachet, squeezing all the juice from the bundle. Pour the syrup through a fine mesh sieve into a clean glass container. Allow to completely cool. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. The syrup will become thicker as it cools.
Serve
- To serve, add 1 part spiced syrup to 2 parts champagne or sparkling wine.
Recipe Notes
Featured Spices:
Cloves, whole
Allspice Berries, whole
Recipe source: The Gilded Fork - Clove Spiced Champagne
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