Mulled Spiced Wine
photo by Diana Yen
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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7 cups
ingredients
- 1 quart red wine
- 1 1 cup rum or 1 cup brandy
- 2 cups water
- 1 vanilla bean, cut lengthwise in half
- 10 cardamom pods
- 5 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 teaspoons whole allspice
- 2 teaspoons orange zest (Or use a whole orange cut in 1/2)
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated use the whole lemon cut in 1/2
- 3 dried hibiscus flowers (optional)
- sugar, to taste
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Garnish
- almonds, blanched
- raisins
- cranberries
directions
- Bring the wine, port, water, vanilla, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, allspice, orange peel or whole orange cut in half, lemon peel or whole lemon cut in half, hibiscus flowers and sugar to a simmer in a nonreactive saucepan.
- Or place in a slow cooker on low for 1-2 hours.
- Simmer the mixture slowly for 15 minutes.
- Strain and place into Heat resistant punch bowl or keep in crock pot and keep on low.
- Place 1 blanched almond and several raisins or fresh cranberries in the bottom of each punch glass.
- Pour the warm wine mixture over and serve.
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Reviews
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Rita, I have never had mulled wine before, so I was very excited to try your recipe. I thought that it would be a disappointment because I had built it up in my head so much, but alas it was FABULOUS. I made as you directed, used a rosehip teabag because I didn't have any dried hibiscus leaves. The only thing I left out was the garnish.
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So delicious and warming. Perfect addition to a cold January evening. I skipped the cardamom (I didn't have any) and used Cointreau in place of rum/brandy since that's what I had in the house. I also threw a bag of fresh cranberries in the Crock Pot with the rest of the ingredients. The result was very similar to the one I used to drink in Poland during holidays. Yum! Thank you Rita.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rita1652
Jamesburg, New Jersey