I've used Delia's mulled wine recipe in the past - with Delia you usually can't go too wrong. I grew up watching a variety of cooking shows, which included an awful lot of Delia so I've grown attached to her. But I happened to stumble upon The Guardian's 'how to make perfect...' series in December, which included mulled wine and it looked very enticing. I gave the recipe a go, and it unfortunately beats Delia's recipe hands down (sorry Delia!).
You'll see the recipe in The Guardian includes cardamom pods - I thought this would be a little too weird for mulled wine, so have left it out in my version below.
Ingredients
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon, peel only
- 75g caster sugar
- 5 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 bottle fruity, unoaked red wine
Peel and juice 1 orange, and add to a large saucepan along with the lemon peel, sugar and spices. Add enough wine to just cover the sugar, and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved, stirring occasionally. Bring to the boil and cook for 5 – 8 minutes until you have a thick syrup.
Turn the heat down, and pour the rest of the wine into the saucepan. Gently heat through and serve. You can use orange segments studded with cloves as garnish.
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