Hot Rum Punch - serves 6

3 cups apple cider
2 tbsp sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
2 star anise
5 whole cloves pinch aniseed
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup golden rum
Lemon slices for garnish

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.