Kane's Kitchen - 3rd July 2012 - Mulled Wine

Mulled Wine

  

 

Serves:  8    

Prep Time:  10 mins

Cook Time:  20 mins

  

What You’ll Need:

• 2 bottles red wine (merlot seems to take on the flavours the best)
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 6 whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 vanilla bean, halved
• 1 whole nutmeg, roughly grated
• 1 orange, juiced and rind roughly chopped
• 1 apple, skin on, roughly chopped
• Rind of 1 lemon, roughly chopped
• 2 dried bay leaves

What You’ll Need To Do:

1.        In a heavy based saucepan, add the juice and peel of the orange, apple, lemon rind, bay leaves, sugar, cloves, cinnamon sticks, vanilla bean and grated nutmeg.  Add just enough red wine to cover the mixture and simmer until the sugar has dissolved. 

2.        Bring to the boil and simmer for a further 3-4 minutes, or until the mixture starts to thicken. 

3.        Add the red wine, bring to the boil and then simmer gently for 10 minutes. 

4.        Strain the mulled wine into a large jug and serve immediately.