Mix up cider, gin and drop of Drambuie for comforting dessert (4,7)

I believe the answer is:

rice pudding

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'comforting dessert' is the definition.
'rice pudding' can be an answer for 'dessert' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'comforting' bit.

'mix up cider gin and drop of drambuie' is the wordplay.
'mix' is an anagram indicator.
'and' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'drop of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'drambuie' is 'd'.
'up'+'cider'+'gin'='upcidergin'
'upcidergin' put after 'd' is 'dupcidergin'.
'dupcidergin' anagrammed gives 'RICE-PUDDING'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for rice pudding that I've seen is " dessert".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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