Pineapple-Cranberry Wassail

Ingredients

• 2 sticks cinnamon (3-inch)
• 1 cup cranberries fresh
• 1 tablespoon juice of lemon fresh
• 0.5 cup brown sugar light
• 1  navel oranges sliced
• 1 cup orange juice fresh
• 4 cups pineapple fresh cubed

Equipment

• sauce pan
• sieve

Directions

1. Bring first 7 ingredients and 4 cups water to a boil in a 4-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
2. Remove from heat, and pour through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher, discarding solids. Stir in lemon juice.
3. Serve immediately.
4. White Wine-Pineapple-Cranberry Wassail: Prepare recipe as directed, reducing water to 2 cups and stirring in 2 cups dry white wine with lemon juice.