Add 1 slice of dried, sugar glazed orange and muddle it a bit to release the flavor. I was happy with the following very easy recipe: In a small mug (a 6 ounce coffee mug works perfectly) combine: 2 tablespoons of dark rum and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup. Those are the essential ingredients but there are many extra “add-ins” - cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, ginger, even chile. To the above ingredients some boiling water or black tea is added - that’s what puts the hot in hot toddy.
To my mind, using Italian preserved blood orange slices makes this it an Italian hot toddy, even if I could not find a translation for the word toddy in any of my Italian dictionaries. I’ve tried it both ways and found that I like the orange slices even better than a fresh lemon slice. Lemon is the next typical ingredient but here is where I substituted those beautiful rounds of preserved orange. Most often that is honey but some recipes use white or brown sugar, simple syrup, or (my personal favorite) maple syrup. The common theme seems to be a dark colored liquor as opposed to clear ones like vodka or gin. A true toddy starts with alcohol - bourbon, Irish whisky, rum or brandy. The search was on for a recipe and there were endless varieties.
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