Christmas Recipes > Mulled Wine

How to make mulled wine:
A warming, spicy traditional Christmas beverage.



Ingredients

1/2 pint water
3 tablespoons sugar
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of powdered ginger
pinch of powdered cloves
1 pint red wine
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Stir the sugar into the water and add the spices.
- Boil to a syrup.
- Add this to the wine and heat to just below boiling, stirring all the time.
- Serve hot with a twist of orange peel (white pith removed) in each glass.


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