Christmas Mulled Red Wine recipe
Warm up this winter with a delicious cup of homemade Christmas mulled red wine. This recipe is easy to follow and perfect for a festive gathering!
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of cheap red wine
- 5 whole black peppercorns – grind into powder
- 2 whole cloves – crush bud part into powder
- 1/4 tsp of Season with Spice's Ceylon cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp of Season with Spice's Indonesian nutmeg
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 orange peel – sliced into smaller pieces
- 1 tbsp raw or white sugar or no sugar works too
- 1/2 vanilla bean optional
Instructions
- In a small pot, add ground black pepper, crushed clove buds (and whole stems), Ceylon cinnamon, nutmeg, whole bay leaf, orange peel, vanilla bean, sugar, and 1/4 cup of red wine.
- Turn heat on low, and cook until mixture forms into a syrup.*
- Add the remaining red wine into pot and continue heating until it warms to your preferred temperature.
- If you don’t mind a bit of ground spice on the bottom of the wine glass, ladle the mulled wine directly into a glass. If you want a cleaner look, run the mulled wine through a fine strainer before serving.
Notes
* Step from Jamie Oliver’s recipe
- Try your own spice blend to find the flavor that works best for you. You’ll have a new appreciation for cheap red wine!
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