Mulled Wine Recipe

The Southwater Horticultural Society are back with a Winter staple; Mulled Wine!

Alcoholic Mulled Wine;

750ml bottle red wine

1 large cinnamon stick

2 star anise

4 cloves

2 strips lemon zest

4 tbsp caster sugar

Put the red wine, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, lemon zest and sugar in a large pan. Cook on a low heat for 10 mins.

Remove from the heat and cool, infuse for about 30 mins.

To serve, heat without boiling, and pour into mugs or heatproof glasses. For a special seasonal addition, try stirring in 100ml of sloe gin.

Non Alcoholic Mulled Wine

500ml pomegranate juice

25g golden caster sugar

handful of frozen blackberries

250ml apple juice

1 cinnamon stick

1 star anise

4 cloves

3 black peppercorns

1 orange, quartered

Put the pomegranate juice, sugar, blackberries and apple juice in a saucepan. Add the cinnamon, star anise, cloves, peppercorns and orange. Heat gently until simmering.

Taste for sweetness, then strain into heatproof glasses.

Send your attempts to SHS on southwaterhs@yahoo.com