3 cups apple cider
2 tablespoons sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
2 star anise
5 whole cloves
pinch aniseed
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup golden rum (or to taste)
lemon slices for garnish
Procedure: Heat the cider, sugar, and spices in a nonreactive pan over low heat for 5 minutes. Strain through a sieve. Add the lemon juice and rum. Place a lemon slice in each serving cup before pouring in the hot punch.
