Mulled wine

It's again that time of the year when delicious grape wines are prepared at home for the upcoming festive season. Mulled wine is made using orange and lemon juice and zest plus fragrant spices like cinnamon, nutmeg powder, and cardamom. Check out the recipe of mulled wine that would make the Christmas festivities extra special.

Ingredients

1 cup red wine

2 tsp brown sugar (or as per taste)

2 star anise

3 cardamoms

3-4 cloves

1 large cinnamon stick

Orange zest, as required

Juice of one orange

Lemon zest, as required

½ tsp nutmeg powder

Preparation

Pour 1 cup red wine into a pan and add brown sugar, star anise, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick, orange and lemon zests, nutmeg powder and orange juice

Heat this for half an hour on low flame

When it begins to boil, add half litre red wine

Take it off the flame once the wine heats up a bit

Pass it through a sieve

Store the mulled wine in air tight glass bottles.

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