Classic mulled wine at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the ingredients according to the list: dry red wine, orange, cinnamon, cloves, mint, ground ginger, nutmeg, anise, sugar and water. Red dry and semi-dry table wines are ideal for mulled wine. Some recipes use cognac or rum. The set of spices can be changed according to taste and desire. My orange, cut it into thin slices or halves together with the peel.

2. Step 2:

   

   Put spices, orange and washed mint leaves in a saucepan or other metal dish (dried mint can be used instead of fresh mint), pour in water and put on fire. As a rule, cinnamon, cloves, lemon peel, star anise, honey, ginger are added to mulled wine. Black pepper, allspice, bay leaf, cardamom can be used. Apples, raisins, nuts can also be added.

3. Step 3:

   

   Bring to a boil, boil for a couple of minutes. Add sugar, stir to dissolve the sugar. Turn off the fire. Instead of sugar, if there is no allergy, honey can be used, in this case honey should be added to the dishes with spices after the fire is turned off, it does not need to be heated too much so that the vitamins and nutrients contained in it do not die. Cover the dishes with the mixture with a lid and leave for 10 minutes so that the spices give their flavor completely.

5. Step 4:

   

   Filter the mixture through a sieve laid with several layers of gauze. You need to filter the drink well, otherwise the spice powder will creak on your teeth.

6. Step 5:

   

   Again pour the decoction of spices into a metal dish, pour in red wine and put it on fire. The main task is to warm up the mixture, but do not bring it to a boil, otherwise the drink will lose its taste and alcohol content. Turn off the fire. We pour the drink into cups and serve it to the table. Enjoy your meal!