Slow cooker mulled cider

Ingredients

1.5 litres dry cider

500ml apple juice

75g light brown soft sugar

1 orange, sliced

1⁄2 lemon, zest pared into strips

5 cloves

10 allspice berries

3 cardamom pods, bruised using a rolling pin

2 bay leaves

2 cinnamon sticks

100ml calvados, apple or regular brandy

Put all the ingredients except the calvados in a slow cooker and cook for 1 hr on high or up to 4 hrs on low.

Just before serving, stir in the calvados. Ladle into heatproof glasses or cups to serve.