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Paige’s Mulled Wine: bring me bread and bring me wine
Created by PK on 23 December 2015
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- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 7m
- Total Time: 17m
- Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of strong red wine
- 1/2 unwaxed/washed medium lemon
- 1 clementine or satsuma, or 1/2 orange
- 100 grams granulated sugar (US folk: just under 1/2 cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 piece of peeled root ginger (1/2 in/1 cm long)
- 1/2 stick cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg (from whole if possible)
- 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
- 2 cloves
- 2 cardamom pods, slightly crushed
Instructions
- Mix sugar and spices together, dry, in a cold saucepan.
- Peel (avoiding the pith) and juice the lemon and orange. Add the juice and peel to the cold saucepan and stir until evenly distributed.
- Add ginger piece and vanilla extract to the cold saucepan and stir once more.
- Add a slug of wine, adding additional if juice doesn't fully cover the sugar.
- Put the saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring with a wooden or silicone spoon, until the mixture comes to a boil.
- Let the syrup mixture boil for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring periodically.
- Turn off the heat and let the syrup come down from the boil. Set a metal strainer into a heat-proof glass measuring jug and carefully strain the spices and rind out of the syrup. Set the strainer aside and let the contents cool before throwing away.
- Carefully pour the syrup back into the saucepan, then add the rest of the wine.
- Warm over low heat, stirring gently to combine, until the wine comes to a very low simmer. Serve immediately in small mugs.