HOLIDAY SPICED MULLED WINE
Greet Thanksgiving guests with a warming glass of this simple-to-make and easily scalable mulled wine. Bonus: Your house will smell fabulous!
HOLIDAY SPICED MULLED WINE
serves 10
INGREDIENTS
2 750-ml bottles Beaujolais or Côtes-du-Rhône
½ cup sugar
3 strips fresh lemon peel
3 strips fresh orange peel
10 whole cloves
10 whole allspice berries
2 cinnamon sticks
2 star anise pods
1 whole nutmeg
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 thickly sliced sweet apple
1 cup brandy
cinnamon sticks and fresh apple slices for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
Place wine, sugar, citrus peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, nutmeg, orange juice, and apple slices in a large, non-aluminum pot over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. When bubbles begin to form, reduce heat to low and keep just below a simmer for 10 minutes.
Strain off solids and discard, then stir in brandy. Keep warm.
Ladle into mugs or punch cups and garnish with apple slices and cinnamon sticks.
