Mulled Wine

Inspired by Dutch bisschopswijn and German Gluhwein, I came up with my own tried
and true version. It’s a combination of both traditional recipes with an added
twist.

Servings: 8

Author:

Prep Time
5 minutes

Cook Time
2 hours, 30 minutes

Total Time
2 hours, 35 minutes

Course:

Drinks

Cuisine:

German dutch

Keywords:

winter Drinks mulled wine

🧂 Ingredients

2 bottles red wine
4 oranges halved, save 1 to use as a pomander ball
½ cup sugar, honey or agave syrup
2 cinnamon sticks
7 cloves
1 dried star of anise, use extra for garnish
1 slice of ginger
½ vanilla pod split lengthwise down the middle with seeds scraped
3-4 shots dark rum or bourbon

Instructions

1 Wash and scrub the oranges well and cut 3 into three thin whole slices. For the
remaining orange pierce the cloves into it to create a pomander ball.
2 Place the wine, cinnamon sticks, oranges, pomander ball, vanilla seeds, ginger
and star anise into a large saucepan and heat on a low level.
3 Add shots of alcohol at the 1 hour 30 minute mark.
4 After 2 hours and 30 minutes serve the hot mulled wine in heatproof glasses and
garnish with an orange slice and optional cinnamon stick.