Pumpkin Calvados Cider Cocktail
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 11:41am

Ingredients




1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon sugar
12 1-inch cubes pumpkin (kabocho or butternut squash are also good)
64 oz fresh apple cider
12 whole cloves
6 whole star anise
3 cinnamon sticks
12 oz dark rum
12 oz calvados

Preparation

1 Melt butter in a saucepan, then add sugar and pumpkin. Sauté pumpkin, turning, until caramelized on all sides. Once softened, remove from heat to prevent overcooking. 2 Stir in remaining ingredients, except the liquor. 3 Reduceheat and simmer until hot; stir in the rum and calvados and ladle into warmed mugs and grate fresh nutmeg over the top. 4 Serve hot.