Celebrate your shopping success with homemade mulled wine! A wonderful way to relax with the girls after a day of Black Friday shopping, mulled wine is easy to make, tastes as good as it smells, and will have you and your shopping partners relaxing in no time. Simply combine the following ingredients in a pot on the stove top or slow cooker and in about 30 minutes, you’ll have a batch of delicious mulled wine over which stories of the amazing deals you found earlier in the day can be shared.
Ingredients:
Yields: 4-6 servings
- 1 bottle (750 ml) of red wine, like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1 orange, peeled and sliced
- 1/4 cup brandy
- 10 cloves
- 1/3 cup sugar (or honey)
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger or allspice
Directions:
Combine all of the above ingredients in a large pot or slow cooker, and gently warm on low heat for about 25 minutes. Stir the mixture occasionally to ensure that the sugar or honey has dissolved completely. When the wine is steaming and a taste test reveals that the batch is sweet or spicy enough to suit your preferences (additional cinnamon, sugar or allspice can be added as needed), your mulled wine is ready to serve! Use a strainer with small holes to remove the cloves and cinnamon sticks, then spoon the wine into cups for everyone to enjoy.
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