A warm drink perfect for the christmas-y time with a lot of spices like cardamom, cinnamon and cloves: Orange Rosemary Punch.
Perfect for the christmas season I’ve made this Orange Rosemary Punch. I used a lot of christmas-y spices like cloves, cardamom and a cinnamon stick. The flavor of rosemary isn’t intrusive, it rather adds a subtle additional herby taste.
With the end of november the christmas markets opened in our city! This means all kinds of fruit punches, mulled wines and tea with rum! Until christmas it’s very hard to do anything productive in the city, because mostly one’s winding up at the christmas markets.
If you’re looking for more vegan festive drink recipes, I’ve included a couple of my favorites at the end of the post.
Orange Rosemary Punch
Ingredients
- 2 cups orange juice (make sure it's vegan)
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 rosemary sprigs + 2 more for garnish
- 2 crushed cardamom pods
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 3/4 cup white wine *
- 1/4 cup spiced rum *
- orange slices (for garnish, make sure it's organic)
Instructions
- In a big pot bring the orange juice, cloves, cinnamon stick, rosemary sprigs, crushed cardamoms and the maple syrup to a boil. Stir and let it simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Add the white wine and rum, let it simmer again for 5 minutes - until warm.
- Remove the spices and rosemary twigs and pour the punch into two glasses. Garnish with a new rosemary twig and orange slices.
Notes
Nutrition
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Rebecca Weller
Monday 29th of December 2014
Ooh I love the spices combo in this. Such a heavenly winter combo! I'm going to try a mocktail version. Thanks so much for the recipe! x
bianca
Monday 29th of December 2014
Sounds great! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Hope you'll like it :)
Keely @ Gormandize
Saturday 27th of December 2014
Thanks for bringing this to the VVP, looks lovely :)
bianca
Saturday 27th of December 2014
<3 thank you!
Lovlie
Thursday 18th of December 2014
This sounds so heartwarming, perfect for these chilly nights. :)
bianca
Thursday 18th of December 2014
Thank you so much, I love your entry for the VVP as well!
seasonalveghead
Monday 15th of December 2014
This sounds fabulous! I love orange and cardamom together, and the rosemary adds an interesting depth of flavor!
bianca
Monday 15th of December 2014
Thank you so much! The note of rosemary is pretty soft but it makes the whole drink sooo good :)
rika
Monday 15th of December 2014
So lovely to see you at VVP and welcome to the potluck! What a tasty spiced rum & wine punch, save me a drink! ;) I love these type of punches!
★ HAPPY VVP ★
bianca
Monday 15th of December 2014
Thank you so much, rika! Too bad the potluck is only virtual, it would be such a ridiculously awesome feast :)