An apple cider martini made with chilled homemade cinnamony apple cider shaken with apple vodka, caramel vodka, and apple sour puss. A fall flavored cocktail.
Course Cocktail
Cuisine Canadian
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 3 hourshours
Total Time 3 hourshours15 minutesminutes
Servings 1cocktail
Calories 297kcal
Author Julie & Debbie
Ingredients
FOR THE APPLE CIDER
12apples, quartered (gala or Fuji)
2oranges, quartered
4or 5 cinnamon sticks
1tbspcloves
2whole nutmeg, or 1 tsp ground
1tbspallspice berries, or 1 tsp ground
3or 4 star annise
1vanilla bean, sliced in half
16cupswater
FOR EACH MARTINI
1ozapple flavored vodka
1/2ozapple sour puss
1/2ozdutch caramel van gough vodka
4ozchilled apple cider
FOR THE RIM
2tbspsugar
1/2tspcinnamon
Instructions
MAKE THE APPLE CIDER
Wash apples and the oranges, and then roughly cut into quarters. (Don't worry about removing peels, seeds, or stems.) Place in a big pot over medium heat. Add the cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, star annise, and halved vanilla bean.
Add the water and bring to a boil then turn down the heat. Simmer on med-low for 3 hours.
About an hour before the cider is done cooking, use a potato masher (or tongs or the side of a spoon) to mash the apple and orange slices once they are soft. Finish cooking for one more hour.
When its done, strain through a cheese cloth and squeeze the apples in the cheese cloth to get maximum flavor from the apples.
MAKE THE COCKTAIL
Dip the edge of your glasses into a little water or lime juice. Then dip the rims in the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Tap off any excess.
Put 6 or so ice cubes into a martini shaker. Add all the ingredients for the cocktail, shake well and pour into martini glasses. Add a slice of apple and/or a star annise for garnish if you like.
Notes
You can also make the apple cider in a crock pot if you like.