Recipe: Perfect Mulled wine

Mulled wine.

You can cook Mulled wine using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mulled wine

1. Prepare 2 glasses of Merlot red wine (or any dry red wine of choice).
2. You need 1 of orange, sliced into whole circles (save some slices for garnish, optional).
3. Prepare 1 tablespoon of soft brown sugar or honey (optional).
4. It's of Spices:.
5. It's 4 of Piment or 4 cloves.
6. You need 2-3 of cinnamon sticks.
7. Prepare 2 of Star anise.
8. Prepare Squeeze of fresh orange (optional).
9. It's of Garnish:.
10. You need 1-2 of fresh whole orange slices (optional).
11. Prepare 1 of cinnamon stick (optional).
12. It's 1-2 of Star anise (optional).

Mulled wine instructions

1. Pour red wine into a saucepan and add 2-3 orange slices (optional) along with the spices (piment or cloves, cinnamon and star anise) and sugar or honey (optional). Squeeze of fresh orange (optional)..
2. On low heat, heat the red wine and let the spices and wine gently simmer, until hot and the room fills with the lovely aroma and fragrance (roughly 8-10mis)..
3. Once hot turn off heat. Using a strainer remove the spices and orange slices. Tip: the spices can be reused for next time. Using a ladle pour the hot spiced wine into cups. Garnish with one or two orange slices and a cinnamon stick (optional). Serve and drink while hot..