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Homemade Mulled Wine
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Homemade mulled wine needs only red wine, orange, spices and sugar. The wine should get hot but never boil, otherwise it turns bitter and the alcohol evaporates.
Homemade Mulled Wine
This recipe was written with AI assistance and has not yet been kitchen-tested. Check quantities and times as you cook, and follow safe core temperatures for meat, poultry, fish and eggs.
Ingredients
- 1 l (4 1/4 cup) dry, fruity red wine
- 1 organic orange
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 whole cloves
- 2 star anise
- 80 g (2.8 oz) sugar or honey, to taste
Method
- Wash the orange under hot water and dry it. Cut one half into slices and squeeze the juice from the other half.
- Put the wine, orange juice, orange slices, cinnamon, cloves, star anise and sugar into a pot.
- Heat over low to medium heat, stirring now and then, to about 160 °F (70 °C). The wine should steam but not come to a boil.
- Take the pot off the heat and let the mulled wine steep, covered, for 20 minutes. Remove the spices and orange slices with a skimmer.
- Adjust the sweetness with sugar and serve hot, warming it briefly again if needed.
Tip: A wine you would also drink on its own makes the better mulled wine. Very tannic wines taste harsh when heated.
Tip: Mulled wine contains alcohol and is not for children. For them, make a non-alcoholic punch from grape or apple juice with the same spices.