Summer fruits in mulled cider syrup

Mulled cider

• 50 g brown sugar, to taste
• 200 g water
• 3 pieces orange zest (approx. 5 x 1.5 cm), no white pith
• 60 g orange juice (approx. 1 orange)
• 2 cinnamon quills, plus extra to serve
• 6 whole cloves
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 cardamom pods, crushed
• 2 star anise
• 750 g alcoholic apple cider

Cider fruit

• 2 vanilla beans
• 2 cinnamon quills
• 30 g white balsamic vinegar
• 100 g caster sugar
• 1 orange, zest only, no white pith
• 400 g strawberries, washed and hulled
• 125 g fresh raspberries
• 1 peach, flesh only, cut into slices (1 cm)
• 2 nectarines, flesh only, cut into slices (1 cm)