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mulled wine in glasses on tray with orange halves

Festive Mulled Wine Recipe

Julia Frey of Vikalinka
Red wine flavoured with warming spices of nutmeg, cinnamon, star anise and more.
4.67 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine British
Servings 8 -10
Calories 70 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 clementines
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 lime
  • ½ cup/100 g sugar
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • 1 whole nutmeg
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 bottles of good red wine

Instructions
 

  • In a medium pot combine sugar, clementine, lemon and lime peel and the juice of both clementines. Add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves and 10 gratings of a whole nutmeg.
  • Split the vanilla bean with a sharp knife lengthwise and scrape the seeds out, add both the seeds and the bean to the pot together with 1 cup of wine.
  • Bring the wine and spices to a boil and then simmer for about 5 minutes on low until your wine, sugar and spices turned into a syrup.
  • Add the rest of the wine, allow it to come to a desired temperature and keep it warm for serving.
  • Serve warm in thick glasses or china tea cups. (Thin and delicate glassware might crack from hot mulled wine).

Nutrition

Calories: 70kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 70mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 12IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Christmas drinks, mulled wine
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