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How to make mulled wine? It’s surprisingly simple and smells divine

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By Gugulethu Mkhabela | June 6, 2018 | Recipes

House & Garden UK

 

How to make mulled wine? It’s surprisingly simple and makes your home smell divine. This version includes a glug of the Scandinavian spirit aquavit, which you can buy or make at home by infusing vodka. Alternatively, you could omit altogether.

Mulled Recipe

Ingredients

- 1 orange, sliced

- ¼tsp ground cardamom

- ½tsp ground coriander

- 1tsp ground cinnamon

- ½tsp ground fennel

- ½tsp ground ginger

- 3 cloves

- 60g raisins, optional

- 750ml red wine

- 250ml port

- 2tbsp sugar

- 125ml akvavit (aquavit) or substitute

- Cinnamon sticks, to serve (optional)

 

Method

- Put 750ml water in a saucepan with the orange slices, cardamom, coriander, cinnamon, fennel, ginger, and cloves. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the almonds and raisins, if using. Remove from the heat and set aside for 15 minutes for the flavours to infuse.

- Strain into a clean saucepan, add wine, port and sugar, and stir over a medium heat until the sugar is dissolved: do not allow it to boil. Add the Akvavit and pour into cups or heatproof glasses. Serve with long spoons for eating the almonds and raisins, if using. Cinnamon sticks can be added to the cups to intensify the aroma.

For a non-alcoholic version of this mulled wine, replace the wine and port with grape juice or blackcurrant cordial made up in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions.

 

Recipe from Snowflakes and Schnapps by Jane Lawson (Murdoch Books)

 

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