As the weather turns colder, mulled wine as a flavorful way to warm up. Wine, spices, fireplace, your favorite person, book or pet or all....what more could you want?
There are many, many recipes for mulled wine.
It is a combination of citrus (1 lemon or orange) and spices.
Cinnamon (6 sticks)
cloves (12 whole)
nutmeg (1/4 tsp)
ginger (1/8 tsp)
allspice (1/8 tsp)
Combine the spices and citrus in a dry red wine, such as Burgundy
Add 1/4 cup sugar
Heat this through for at least 15 minutes, but don't BOIL
A clean, large coffee pot is a great method for heating the wine.
Use an inexpensive wine for this recipe. But do not get something you do not like or you
may be disappointed. You do not want to doctor up the wine, but make something you already know is good just more pleasing to you and relaxing. A book or friend in front of the fireplace & you will have the most pleasurable glass of wine this winter! A bonus is the mulling spices make your home smell just wonderful! My mom used to sew mulling bags from cotton fabric with these ingredients in and just boil the bags in water a few minutes and the entire home smelled wonderful for a very long time. Try it! cheaper than candles and safer too!
Salute!
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