Mulled Wine

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Serves 10

 

The image is courtesy of Country Living - to be replaced at a later date​

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A warm and seasonal drink, which is popular for entertaining

at Christmas with wonderful flavours of Citrus and Spices.

This recipe is courtesy of the BBC Good Food published

in the Mail Online. 

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Ingredients

 

• 2 clementine or 1 orange

• 1 lemon

• 1 lime

• 200g caster sugar

• 6 whole cloves

• 1 cinnamon stick

• 1 whole nutmeg, for grating

• 1 vanilla pod

• 2 bottles red wine / non alcoholic red wine / pomegranate juice

• 2 star anise

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Method

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1. Peel large sections of the citrus fruits
    

2. Put sugar in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the peel and squeeze in clementine juice.
    

3. Add the whole cloves, cinnamon stick and about 10-12 gratings of nutmeg. 
    

4. Halve the vanilla pod lengthways, add to the pan, then stir in just enough red wine to cover the sugar.
    

5. Let this simmer until the sugar has dissolved, then gently heat.
    

6. Keep it steaming for up to 5 minutes until you have got a thick syrup.
    

7. When your syrup is ready, turn the heat down to low and add your str anise and the rest of the wine.
    

8. Gently heat the wine and after around 5 minutes, when it is warm, ladle it into heatproof glasses and serve.
    

9. You can add festive touches with extra slices of orange, cinnamon sticks, star anise etc.