Here’s a recipe for a real winter warmer – and a great way to use up some of your enormous honey harvest!

Ingredients

• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 bruised cardamon pods
• 5 cloves
• 1 tsp grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 tbsp grated orange peel
• 0.5 tbsp grated lemon peel
• 4 thin slices of ginger
• 1.5lb mildly flavoured honey
• Juice of 2 small oranges with enough water to make 1 pint
• 1 pint Vodka

Method

1. Put the spices and sliced ginger with the orange juice and water into a stainless steel saucepan;
2. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes;
3. Add the orange and lemon peel and the honey;
4. Bring back to the boil then take off the heat and allow to steep for 15 minutes with the lid on;
5. Strain through muslin;
6. Add the Vodka;
7. Drink – rather nice hot but I think you are supposed to store it away for a bit.
8. Cheers!

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