Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mulled wine. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Mulled wine is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mulled wine is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mulled wine using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mulled wine:
- Make ready 2 glasses Merlot red wine (or any dry red wine of choice)
- Take 1 orange, sliced into whole circles (save some slices for garnish, optional)
- Get 1 tablespoon soft brown sugar or honey (optional)
- Make ready Spices:
- Get 4 Piment or 4 cloves
- Get 2-3 cinnamon sticks
- Make ready 2 Star anise
- Get Squeeze fresh orange (optional)
- Take Garnish:
- Make ready 1-2 fresh whole orange slices (optional)
- Prepare 1 cinnamon stick (optional)
- Take 1-2 Star anise (optional)
HOW LONG WILL MULLED WINE KEEP? Halve the vanilla pod lengthways and add to the pan, then stir in just enough red wine to cover the sugar. Let this simmer until the sugar has completely dissolved into the red wine, then bring to the boil. Place the sugar and all of the spices (except the nutmeg) into a large, heavy-bottomed pan.
Steps to make Mulled wine:
- Pour red wine into a saucepan and add 2-3 orange slices (optional) along with the spices (piment or cloves, cinnamon and star anise) and sugar or honey (optional). Squeeze of fresh orange (optional).
- On low heat, heat the red wine and let the spices and wine gently simmer, until hot and the room fills with the lovely aroma and fragrance (roughly 8-10mis).
- Once hot turn off heat. Using a strainer remove the spices and orange slices. Tip: the spices can be reused for next time. Using a ladle pour the hot spiced wine into cups. Garnish with one or two orange slices and a cinnamon stick (optional). Serve and drink while hot.
Add the bay leaves and use a speed peeler to pare the zest of the lemon and oranges. Add to the pan, slice the oranges in half and squeeze in the juice. Pour in just enough of the wine to cover all the ingredients. Mulled wine was originally made to disguise the taste of wine that had gone bad, but that doesn't mean that you should follow in this tradition. Use a decent-quality wine, something soft, fruity and not oaky.
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