Hot Apple Juice with Fir and Cranberries

Photo credit: Magazine Caribou | © Sépaq

A Caribou recipe

Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients

• 1 cup freshly-squeezed old-fashioned apple juice
• ½ cup of water
• 2 or 3 slices of ginger about ¼ inch thick (depending on how spicy you want it)
• 10 to 12 fresh or frozen cranberries, crushed with fingers or cut in half
• 1 tablespoon of dried fir shoots
• 5 or 6 alder catkins (dune pepper), crushed

Preparation

1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Lower the heat and simmer on low heat for about ten minutes.
3. Filter through a fine sieve.
4. Pour into a thermos.